with her beauty, that he wished to marry her immediately.
“Holloa!” said she then, “I did not come here for an old gray-beard
like you, nor for this other creature,” and she pointed to the
pretended godson, “whom you believe to be your godson, and who is
only a demon! Here is your real godson, and it is he who shall be my
husband.” And she pointed to Louis. “Now, have the furnace heated, and
let this demon be thrown into it.”
No sooner said than done. And as the demon, otherwise the pretended
godson, uttered fearful cries, and tried to get out of the furnace,
they sent for a young woman with her first child, and with her wedding
ring, which she presented to him at the opening of the furnace when he
tried to get out, she forced him to stay inside. Then he cried out,--
“If I had remained at the court only a year, I should have reduced the
kingdom to a hopeless condition.”
Then Louis married the Princess Tronkolaine, and he succeeded to the
throne of the old king, his godfather, who had no children. He brought
his old father and mother to the court, and also his brothers and his
sisters, whom he established very magnificently.
F. M. LUZEL,
“Cinquième Rapport sur une Mission en Bretagne.”
THE END
Transcriber's Notes:
Italics are shown thus: _sloping_.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained.
Perceived typographical errors have been changed.