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...nuptials. The population of He des Dames multiplies apace. With Phaon growing into a handsome youth, and in view of certain semi-authenticated episodes, Anni Prachtel and a few cynics remain dubious of the annual parthenogenesis. But they preserve the myth, and five years after the first crop of childen, the virgin mothers feel so self-sufficient that the disposal of male offsprings is an issue. Some are for Amazonian exposure on the mountains, some for the method that elevates voices and renders docile. Instead, compassion prevailing, an isolation colony, Manland, is formed under Phaon's governance; and here, while...