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Rather unwillingly Marzinne gave him leave, and bade Bernèz take the key and unlock the door. There was certainly plenty of room for a dozen beggars, for the only occupants of the stable were an old donkey and a thin ox; and as the night was bitter, the wizard lay down between them for warmth, with a sack of reeds for a pillow.
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.
By and bye the sun rose, and the world began to stir, and stopping at a farmhouse door, he asked for a cup of milk and slice of bread and permission to rest for a while in the porch. Then he continued his journey, and so, towards sunset on New Year's Eve, he came back to Plouhinec. As he was passing the long line of stones, he saw Bernèz working with a chisel on the tallest of them all.
When the beggar knew that Bernez would give him no trouble, he told him how, during that very night, the treasures under the stones would be uncovered, and how in a very few minutes they could take enough to make them both rich for life.
The young man did not try to escape, he knew it was useless, and sank on his knees and closed his eyes. But suddenly the tall stone that was leading stopped straight in front of Bernez, so that no other could get past. It was the stone on which Bernez had carved the cross, and it was now a baptized stone, and had power to save him.
But in order to keep my riches, I was obliged to sacrifice a Christian to the stones, and an evil fate threw you in my way. And as he spoke he stretched out the magic herbs to the stones, which were advancing rapidly. As if acknowledging a power greater than theirs, the monstrous things instantly parted to the right and left of the wizard, but closed their ranks again as they approached Bernez.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'And what am I to do to gain the money, inquired Bernèz, who knew quite well that the Breton peasant gives nothing for nothing. 'What I want of you only needs a little courage, answered the old man. 'If that is all, tell me what I have got to do, and I will do it, cried Bernèz, letting fall his chisel. 'If I have to risk thirty deaths, I am ready.
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