Chapter 12 LIKE A BANYAN TREE

The Earth-Plants spring up from beneath,

The Air-Plants swing down from above,

But the Banyan trees grow

Both above and below,

And one makes a prosperous grove.

In the fleeting opportunities offered by the Caffeteria, and in longer moments, rather neatly planned for, with some remnants of an earlier ingenuity, Mr. Thaddler contrived