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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 differently.”’ 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 152
