When I got back
to our own padded armor and its starched borders I realized with
acute regret how comfortable were those Herland clothes.
We scanned that audience, looking for the three bright faces
we knew; but they were not to be seen. Just a multitude of girls:
quiet, eager, watchful, all eyes and ears to listen and learn.
We had been urged to give, as fully as we cared to, a sort of
synopsis of world history, in brief, and to answer questions.
"We are so utterly ignorant, you see," Moadine had
explained to us. "We know nothing but such science as we have
worked out for ourselves, just the brain work of one small half-
country; and you, we gather, have helped one another all over
the globe, sharing your discoveries, pooling your progress.
How wonderful, how supremely beautiful your civilization must be!"
Somel gave a further suggestion.
"You do not have to begin all over again, as you did with us.
We have made a sort of digest of what we have learned from you,
and it has been eagerly absorbed, all over the country.
Pages:
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189