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Yvon, always brave, picked up stones to attack the giant and to sell his life dearly. Finette, trembling with fear, threw one of the silver bullets into the sea, saying, "Silver bullet, bright and pliant, Save us from this frightful giant." Scarcely had she spoken the magic words when a beautiful ship rose from the waves like a swan spreading its white wings.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century the Emperor Leopold christened his son Joseph, and this, and the fact that Napoleon's first wife was named Josephine, made these two names as a boy's and a girl's name very popular. We have both Joseph and Josephine in English, and the French have Fifine and Finette as well as Josephine, for which these are pet names.
"It is very good of you; but I see from your face that you are laughing at me." The next morning the giant went out without giving Yvon any orders, which troubled Finette. At noon he returned without his flock, complaining of the heat and fatigue, and said to the young girl: "You will find a child, my servant, at the door.
Early the next morning they went to the church, where, to the joy of his heart, Yvon married Finette, who was no longer afraid of evil spirits; after which they ate, drank, and danced for thirty-six hours, without any one thinking of resting.
Tell her that the Baron Kerver thanks her for her help and invites her to the wedding feast of his son, Lord Yvon." On reaching the golden house, where Finette, in tears, was mourning for her beloved, the page bent one knee to the ground and, in the baron's name, invited the stranger lady to the castle to do honor to the wedding of Lord Yvon.
Take this stick, knock three times on the stone, and a demon will come out all streaming with flames, who will ask you how much you want. Take care to answer, 'No more than I can carry." "I will obey," said Yvon; upon which he took a seat by the side of Finette and began to talk with her.
The old woman frowned and, shaking her fist in the face of the poor forsaken girl, "Begone, witch!" she cried; "there is no room for you in this honest house." "My good mother," said Finette, "give me only a corner of the stable."
He turned toward the fair-haired lady and cried out like a man treading on a serpent. Then, staggering as if he were drunk, he rose and looked around him with haggard eyes. At the sight of Finette he clasped his trembling hands and, dragging himself toward her, fell on his knees and exclaimed, "Finette, forgive me!" To forgive is the height of happiness.
"I am going to see for myself," howled the giant. He entered the stable, grumbling, found everything in order, and came out furious. "You have seen my Finette," he said; "this trick did not come from your own head." "Oh, master," returned Yvon, opening his mouth and shutting his eyes, "it is the same story over again. What is this myfinette? Once for all, show me this monster."
"That is enough," said Finette; "now help me to fill the pot." They threw into it all that they could find old clothes, old shoes, old carpets, and everything else. Finette then took Yvon by the hand and led him through the three antechambers, where she ran in a mold three bullets of gold, two bullets of silver, and one bullet of copper, after which they quitted the house and ran toward the sea.
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