In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II

red years; therefore you may well thi

dow was obliged to give up the guardianship of the great door to a man-at-arms, and retire to the tower, wh

was said to have discovered the secret of making gold out of lead by adding to it a certain substance which no one but himsel

eful not to profit by his secret, for

Lead is lead, and gold is gold. There is enough gold, and not too mu

his death, as the rumor spread about that Tha?l did not altogether desert his laboratory, but at times returned to his beloved labors. Many a time, in the lonely hours of the night, the fishermen, in their barks, watched the glimmer of the light in his former cell; and

ugh no one had yet been appointed to succeed him. Gildas suddenly opened the door with his maste

dden wrath; he took the child by the ear,

ng and what tempts you to make the effort; but Go

e boy, "because my de

s her. Lead is lead and gold is gold. If you go ag

modest inheritance was left him, and he bought materials for dissolving metals and distilling the juice of plants. He gave out that his ai

rank face, neither one-eyed nor lame, and led a retired

ess of the tenant of Coat-Dor and god-daughter of Josserande; and Pol Bi

ink? Always of Sylvestre Ker. Was it because they loved him? No. What Matheline

pearls; and Pol was proud of his great strength, for he was the best wrestler in the Carnac country. When they spoke of Sylv

one menta

ly with him, for if he become

er the fairy-stone, and even had mentioned it to Gil

his face when he seeks the cursed thing; for what escapes from the c

nger, but that twelve horses harnessed to twelve oxen cannot stir from its solid foundation. Thus prostrate, she prayed: "O Lord Jesus! Thou who hast mercy for mothers on account of the Holy Virgin, Thy m

he would be with a cloak of fine cloth and a hood