The Queen asks for an audience with the farmer and Gulliver, and Gulliver performs admirably and respectfully for her. The Queen, being attracted to the novelty of this tiny man, buys Gulliver from the farmer. Included in this arrangement is the farmer’s daughter, Glumdalclitch, who becomes a member of the Queen’s court as Gulliver’s nurse. Conversing with the King, Gulliver tells him about English customs and politics. The King is amused; he laughs at the fierceness of such tiny insects. Gulliver dares not refute the King’s opinion; indeed, before long, he adopts his host’s point of view.
The King and Queen are happy with Gulliver, but there is one member of the royal entourage who is not happy: the Queen’s dwarf, who is jealous because Gulliver has replaced him in the Queen’s affection.
