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                                CHAPTER 12 



                                               Expelled 

           We had all meant to go home again。               Indeed we had NOT meant 

not   by   any   meansto   stay   as   long   as   we   had。   But   when   it   came   to 

being   turned   out�察  �dismissed�察  �sent   away   for   bad   conduct�察  �we   none   of   us 

really liked it。 

            Terry said he did。        He professed great scorn of the penalty and 

the   trial�察  �as   well   as   all   the   other   characteristics   of   ;this   miserable   half´ 

country。;      But   he   knew�察  �and   we   knew�察  �that   in   any   ;whole;   country   we 

should never have been as forgivingly treated as we had been here。 

             ;If the people had come after us according to the directions we 

left�察�there'd   have been  quite a different   story� ─  �said Terry。 We   found   out 

later   why   no   reserve   party   had   arrived。    All   our   careful   directions   had 

been   destroyed   in   a   fire。   We   might   have   all   died   there   and   no   one   at 

home have ever known our whereabouts。 

            Terry   was     under    guard    now�察  �all  the   time�察 �known      as  unsafe�察�

convicted of what was to them an unpardonable sin。 

             He   laughed   at   their   chill   horror。   ;Parcel   of   old   maids� ─    �he 

called them。       ;They're all old maidschildren or not。             They don't know 

the first thing about Sex。; 

             When Terry said SEX�察�sex with a very large _S_�察�he meant the 

male   sex�察  �naturally�察  �its   special   values�察  �its   profound   conviction   of   being 

;the    life  force�察─  �its  cheerful   ignoring    of   the  true  life  process�察   �and   its 

interpretation of the other sex solely from its own point of view。 

             I   had   learned   to   see   these   things   very   differently   since   living 

with   Ellador�察  �and   as   for  Jeff�察  �he   was   so   thoroughly  Herlandized   that   he 

wasn't fair to Terry�察�who fretted sharply in his new restraint。 

             Moadine�察�grave and strong�察�as sadly patient as a mother with a 

degenerate   child�察  �kept   steady   watch   on   him�察  �with   enough   other   women 

close at hand to prevent an outbreak。            He had no weapons�察�and well knew 

that all his strength was of small avail against those grim�察�quiet women。 

             We were allowed to visit him freely�察�but he had only his room�察�



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and a small high´walled garden to walk in�察�while the preparations for our 

departure were under way。 

            Three of us were to go�此�Terry�察�because he must�察�I�察�because two 

were   safer   for   our   flyer�察  �and  the   long  boat   trip   to   the   coast�察  �Ellador�察�

because she would not let me go without her。 

            If   Jeff   had   elected   to   return�察  �Celis   would   have   gone   toothey 

were the most absorbed of lovers�察�but Jeff had no desire that way。 

            ;Why should I want to go back to all our noise and dirt�察�our vice 

and   crime�察  �our   disease   and   degeneracy�拭─  �he   demanded   of   me   privately。 

We never spoke like that before the women。 ;I wouldn't take Celis there 

for anything on earth� ─�he protested。 ;She'd die�               �She'd die of horror and 

shame to see our slums and hospitals。             How can you risk it with Ellador�拭�

You'd better break it to her gently before she really makes up her mind。; 

            Jeff was right。      I ought to have told her more fully than I did�察�of 

all the things we had to be ashamed of。              But it is very hard to bridge the 

gulf of as deep a difference as existed between our life and theirs。                 I tried 

to。 

            ;Look here�察�my dear�察─�I said to her。            ;If you are really going to 

my country with me�察�you've got to be prepared for a good many shocks。 

It's not as beautiful as thisthe cities�察�I mean�察�the civilized partsof course 

the wild country is。; 

            ;I   shall   enjoy   it   all�察─  �she   said�察  �her   eyes   starry   with   hope。   ;I 

understand   it's   not   like   ours。  I   can   see   how   monotonous   our   quiet   life 

must seem to you�察�how much more stirring yours must be。 It must be like 

the    biological    change    you    told  me    about    when    the   second    sex   was 

introduceda        far   greater    movement�察       �constant     change�察    �with     new 

possibilities of growth。; 

            I had told her of the later biological theories of sex�察�and she was 

deeply convinced of the superior advantages of having two�察�the superiority 

of a world with men in it。 

            ;We   have   done   what   we   could   alone�察  �perhaps   we   have   some 

things better in a quiet way�察�but you have the whole worldall the people 

of   the   different   nationsall    the  long    rich  history   behind     youall   the 

wonderful new knowledge。             Oh�察�I just can't wait to see it� ─�



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            What could I do�拭        �I told her in so many words that we had our 

unsolved problems�察�that we had dishonesty and corruption�察�vice and crime�察�

disease     and   insanity�察   �prisons    and   hospitals�察   �and   it  made     no   more 

impression   on   her   than   it   would   to   tell   a   South   Sea   Islander   about   the 

temperature of the Arctic Circle。          She could intellectually see that it was 

bad to have those things�察�but she could not FEEL it。 

            We had quite easily come to accept the Herland life as normal�察�

because it was normalnone of us make any outcry over mere health and 

peace   and   happy   industry。     And   the   abnormal�察  �to   which   we   are   all   so 

sadly well acclimated�察�she had never seen。 

            The two things she cared most to hear about�察�and wanted most to 

see�察�were these�此�the beautiful relation of marriage and the lovely women 

who were mothers and nothing else�察�beyond these her keen�察�active mind 

hungered eagerly for the world life。 

            ;I'm almost as anxious to go as you are yourself�察─�she insisted�察�

;and you must be desperately homesick。; 

            I assured her that no one could be homesick in such a paradise 

as theirs�察�but she would have none of it。 

            ;Oh�察  �yesI   know。     It's   like   those   little   tropical   islands   you've 

told me about�察�shining like jewels in the big blue seaI can't wait to see 

the sea�     �The little island may be as perfect as a garden�察�but you always 

want to get back to your own big country�察�don't you�拭�Even if it is bad in 

some ways�拭─�

            Ellador was more than willing。            But the nearer it came to our 

really going�察�and to my having to take her back to our ;civilization�察─�after 

the clean peace and beauty of theirs�察�the more I began to dread it�察�and the 

more I tried to explain。 

            Of course I had been homesick at first�察�while we were prisoners�察�

before I had   Ellador。      And of   course I   had�察�at first�察 �rather idealized   my 

country     and   its  ways�察  �in  describing    it。  Also�察   �I  had  always    accepted 

certain evils as integral parts of our civilization and never dwelt on them at 

all。   Even   when   I   tried   to   tell   her   the   worst�察  �I   never   remembered   some 

thingswhich�察�when she came to see them�察�impressed her at once�察�as they 

had never impressed me。 Now�察�in my efforts at explanation�察�I began to see 



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both ways more keenly than I had before�察�to see the painful defects of my 

own land�察�the marvelous gains of this。 

            In missing men we three visitors had naturally missed the larger 

part of life�察�and had unconsciously assumed that they must miss it too。                 It 

took me a long time to realizeTerry never did realizehow little it meant 

to them。     When we say MEN�察�MAN�察�MANLY�察�MANHOOD�察�and all the 

other   masculine   derivatives�察  �we   have   in   the   background   of   our   minds   a 

huge vague crowded picture of the world and all its activities。                 To grow 

up and ;be a man�察─�to ;act like a man;the meaning and connotation is 

wide indeed。 That vast background is full of marching columns of men�察�of 

changing lines of men�察�of long processions of men�察�of men steering their 

ships    into  new    seas�察 �exploring     unknown     mountains�察    �breaking     horses�察�

herding cattle�察�ploughing and sowing and reaping�察�toiling at the forge and 

furnace�察    �digging    in  the   mine�察  �building    roads   and    bridges   and    high 

cathedrals�察    �managing      great   businesses�察   �teaching    in   all  the  colleges�察�

preaching in all the churches�察�of men everywhere�察�doing everything;the 

world。; 

            And when we say WOMEN�察�we think FEMALEthe sex。 

            But    to  these   women�察     �in  the  unbroken      sweep    of  this  two´ 

thousand´year´old feminine civilization�察�the word WOMAN called up all 

that big background�察�so far as they had gone in social development�察�and 

the word MAN meant to them only MALEthe sex。 

            Of   course    we   could   TELL   them   that    in  our   world   men    did 

everything�察�but that did not alter the background of their minds。 That man�察�

;the male�察─�did all these things was to them a statement�察�making no more 

change in the point of view than was made in ours when we first faced the 

astounding factto usthat in Herland women were ;the world。; 

            We   had   been   living   there   more   than   a   year。 We   had   learned 

their limited history�察�with its str

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