The women fled in indignation to their friendly monarch; but the
voluptuary of nature only shrugged his shoulders and smiled. He kissed
away their tears, and their frowns vanished as he crowned their long
hair with roses.
'If the lads really show such bad taste,' said his Majesty, 'why I and
my lords must do double duty, and dance with a couple of you at once.'
Consoled and complimented, and crowned by a King, who could look sad?
The women forgot their anger in their increasing loyalty.
But the pupils of Popanilla had no sooner mastered the first principles
of science than they began to throw off their retired habits and
uncommunicative manners. Being not utterly ignorant of some of the
rudiments of knowledge, and consequently having completed their
education, it was now their duty, as members of society, to instruct and
not to study. They therefore courted, instead of shunned, their
fellow-creatures; and on all occasions seized all opportunities of
assisting the spread of knowledge. The voices of lecturing boys
resounded in every part of the island.
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