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Then Bernèz went home, and showed his wealth to Marzinne, who this time did not refuse him as a brother-in-law, and he and Rozennik were married, and lived happy for ever after. From 'Le Foyer Breton, par Emile Souvestre.
'I shall give Rozennik everything she can desire, dresses of all sorts, from cotton to silk, and good things of all kinds to eat, from white bread to oranges. 'The silver you find will pay for all that, and what about the gold? 'With the gold I shall make rich Rozennik's relations and every friend of hers in the parish, replied he. 'So much for the gold; and the jewels?
But whatever Marzinne might say Rozennik smiled and nodded to him as before, and would often turn her head as she passed, and sing snatches of old songs over her shoulder.
'What are you doing there? called the wizard, 'do you mean to hollow out for yourself a bed in that huge column? 'No, replied Bernez quietly, 'but as I happened to have no work to do to-day, I thought I would just carve a cross on this stone. The holy sign can never come amiss. 'I believe you think it will help you to win Rozennik, laughed the old man.
'Then, cried Bernèz, 'I will divide the jewels amongst everybody in the world, so that they may be wealthy and happy; and I will tell them that it is Rozennik who would have it so. 'Hush! it is close on midnight we must go, whispered the wizard, and together they crept to the edge of the wood.
'I shall give Rozennik everything she can desire, dresses of all sorts, from cotton to silk, and good things of all kinds to eat, from white bread to oranges. 'The silver you find will pay for all that, and what about the gold? 'With the gold I shall make rich Rozennik's relations and every friend of hers in the parish, replied he. 'So much for the gold; and the jewels?
'What are you doing there? called the wizard, 'do you mean to hollow out for yourself a bed in that huge column? 'No, replied Bernèz quietly, 'but as I happened to have no work to do to-day, I thought I would just carve a cross on this stone. The holy sign can never come amiss. 'I believe you think it will help you to win Rozennik, laughed the old man.
On the further side, the fairies, or korigans, as the people called them, had set up long long ago two rows of huge stones; indeed, so tall and heavy were they, that it seemed as if all the fairies in the world could not have placed them upright. Not far off from this great stone avenue, and on the banks of the little river Intel, there lived a man named Marzinne and his sister Rozennik.
But whatever Marzinne might say Rozennik smiled and nodded to him as before, and would often turn her head as she passed, and sing snatches of old songs over her shoulder.
'Then, cried Bernez, 'I will divide the jewels amongst everybody in the world, so that they may be wealthy and happy; and I will tell them that it is Rozennik who would have it so. 'Hush! it is close on midnight we must go, whispered the wizard, and together they crept to the edge of the wood.
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