Caravaggio The Musicians

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were plenty of schools in the world, but they were all run either by the various churches or by the Guilds. Miss Butts objected to churches on logical grounds and deplored the fact that the only Guilds that considered girls worth educating were the Thieves and the Seamstresses. But it was a big and dangerous world out there, and a gel could do worse than face as wisdom is concerned, on a par with going alligator‑hunting in a cardboard boat during the sinking season.
For example, when she lectured to the school, pointed chin trembling, on the perils to be found outside in the town, three hundred healthy enquiring minds decided that 1) they should be sampled at the earliest opportunity, and logical thought wondered 2) exactly how Miss Butt knew about them. And it with a sound knowledge of geometry and astronomy under her bodice. For Miss Butts sincerely believed that there were no basic differences between boys and gels.At least, none worth talking about.None that Miss Butts would talk about, anyway.And therefore she believed in encouraging logi­cal thought and a healthy enquiring mind among the nascent young women in her care, a course of action which is, as far