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"There the current of the Vilaine throws them upon another isle, the isle of Hoedic." "I agree with that." "Well, monsieur, from that isle to Belle-Isle the way is quite straight. The sea broken both above and below, passes like a canal like a mirror between the two isles; the chalands glide along upon it like ducks upon the Loire; that's how it is."
"That can be easily done; we are fishing at the Isle de Hoedic come with us. From that place you will see, as a Paradise, the black trees of Belle-Isle against the sky; you will see the white line of the castle, which cuts the horizon of the sea like a blade." "Oh," said D'Artagnan, "that must be very beautiful. But do you know there are a hundred belfries at M. Fouquet's chateau of Vaux?"
"There the current of the Vilaine throws them upon another isle, the Isle of Hoedic." "I agree with that." "Well, monsieur, from that isle to Belle-Isle the way is quite straight. The sea, broken both above and below, passes like a canal like a mirror between the two isles; the chalands glide along upon it like ducks upon the Loire; that's how it is."
The blessed Mael had scarcely restored order in the Abbey of Yvern before he learned that the inhabitants of the island of Hoedic, his first catechumens and the dearest of all to his heart, had returned to paganism, and that they were hanging crowns of flowers and fillets of wool to the branches of the sacred fig-tree.
At that moment, the Devil, who never tires, went out from the sheds and, under the appearance of a monk called Samsok, he approached the holy man and tempted him thus: "Father, the inhabitants of the island of Hoedic commit sins unceasingly. Every moment that passes removes them farther from God.
Then, furnished with bread, a barrel of fresh water, and the book of the Holy Gospels, he entered the stone trough which carried him gently to the island of Hoedic. This island is perpetually buffeted by the winds.
"That can be easily done; we are fishing at the Isle de Hoedic come with us. From that place you will see, as a Paradise, the black trees of Belle-Isle against the sky; you will see the white line of the castle, which cuts the horizon of the sea like a blade." "Oh," said D'Artagnan, "that must be very beautiful. But do you know there are a hundred belfries at M. Fouquet's chateau of Vaux?"
The most illustrious of the apostles of Brittany could accomplish works worthy of eternal glory . . . But his spirit is tardy and his hand is slothful. Farewell then, father! Travel by short and slow stages and when at last you approach the coast of Hoedic you will see the smoking ruins of the chapel that was built and consecrated by your own hands.