Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 6

           Theyaredressedbymentillfouryearsofage,andthenareobligedtodressthemselves,althoughtheirqualitybeeversogreat;andthewomenattendant,whoareagedproportionablytooursatfifty,performonlythemostmenialoffices.Theyareneversufferedtoconversewithservants,butgotogetherinsmallerorgreaternumberstotaketheirdiversions,andalwaysinthepresenceofaprofessor,oroneofhisdeputies;wherebytheyavoidthoseearlybadimpressionsoffollyandvice,towhichourchildrenaresubject.Theirparentsaresufferedtoseethemonlytwiceayear;thevisitistolastbutanhour;theyareallowedtokissthechildatmeetingandparting;butaprofessor,whoalwaysstandsbyonthoseoccasions,willnotsufferthemtowhisper,oruseanyfondlingexpressions,orbringanypresentsoftoys,sweetmeats,andthelike.

           Thepensionfromeachfamilyfortheeducationandentertainmentofachild,uponfailureofduepayment,isleviedbytheemperor’sofficers.

           Thenurseriesforchildrenofordinarygentlemen,merchants,traders,andhandicrafts,aremanagedproportionablyafterthesamemanner;onlythosedesignedfortradesareputoutapprenticesatelevenyearsold,whereasthoseofpersonsofqualitycontinueintheirexercisestillfifteen,whichanswerstotwenty-onewithus:buttheconfinementisgraduallylessenedforthelastthreeyears.

           Inthefemalenurseries,theyounggirlsofqualityareeducatedmuchlikethemales,onlytheyaredressedbyorderlyservantsoftheirownsex;butalwaysinthepresenceofaprofessorordeputy,tilltheycometodressthemselves,whichisatfiveyearsold.Andifitbefoundthatthesenurseseverpresumetoentertainthegirlswithfrightfulorfoolishstories,orthecommonfolliespractisedbychambermaidsamongus,theyarepubliclywhippedthriceaboutthecity,imprisonedforayear,andbanishedforlifetothemostdesolatepartofthecountry.

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