I. The most popular letter in the alphabet.
If. The drawbridge to the Castle of Hope.
Illusion. Love’s tailor and Art’s servant.
Ink. The stuff that Bills, Books, and Billet-doux are made of.
Innocence. A moral vacuum.
J
J, we are confident, takes its shape from one of Venus’s doves. We don’t know which one, but we think it is the Dove of Peace or possibly the Turtle Dove; we are quite sure it is not from the Ring Dove. To strengthen our theory we present herewith a cut of a fragment of a loving cup presented to Cupid at a dinner given in his honor by the Ancient and Honorable Society of Psychic Research, just when we cannot tell, for unfortunately the date is only left in part, but it must have been long, long ago when Love was very young.
