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LABOU LAY By SARALER-Y BOOK
my son; reason has no power with the stubborn child.
Who knows whether folly would not be more successful?
If I thought so, I would make Pazza Charming’s teacher.
The intractable boy, who rejects all masters, might be
defenseless before a child. The only objection is that
no one will be of my opinion; I shall have everybody
against me."
‘Bah!’ said the countess; "everybody is so stupid
that it is a proof that you are right that you think dif¬
ferently.”’
III
THE FIRST LESSON
In this manner Pazza was intrusted with the instruction
of the young prince. There was no official appointment; it
was not announced in the court gazette that the king, with
his usual wisdom, had found an unparalleled genius at the
first attempt, to whom he had confided the heart and mind
of his child; but the very next morning Charming was sent
to the countess’s house, and was permitted to play with
Pazza.
The two children, left alone together, gazed at each
other in silence. Pazza, being the bolder, was the first to
speak.
"What is your name?" asked she.
‘Those who know me call me Your Highness,” answered
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