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Updated: May 15, 2025
At the end of an hour they arrived at a splendid castle, and Tephany, who would not move, was lifted out and carried into the hall, while a priest was sent for to perform the marriage ceremony.
Blushing with pleasure Tephany went home and stuck the feather into the blue ribbon which girls always wear in that part of the country. In a moment she heard Denis whistling gaily, and as her aunt was safely counting her cabbages, she hurried out to meet him. The young man was struck dumb by her talk.
The tap of a stick made her look up, and standing before her she saw a little old woman, whose face was strange to her. 'You would like to sit down and rest, granny? asked Tephany, pushing aside her bundle. 'When the sky is all the roof you have, you rest where you will, replied the old woman in trembling tones. 'Are you so lonely, then? inquired Tephany, full of pity.
But cheer up, you are a good girl, and I will give you something that will enable you to see him once every day. 'You? cried Tephany, stupefied at discovering that the beggar knew all about her affairs, but the old woman did not hear her.
When their mother heard Tephany's request to be given a bed the good wife's heart softened, and she was just going to invite her inside, when the young men, whose heads were turned by the girl's beauty, began to quarrel as to which should do most for her. From words they came to blows, and the women, frightened at the disturbance, pelted Tephany with insulting names.
Perhaps it might have been better for Barbaïk if she had left herself a little time to rest and to think about other things, for soon she grew to love money for its own sake, and only gave herself and Téphany the food and clothes they absolutely needed. And as for poor people, she positively hated them, and declared that such lazy creatures had no business in the world.
But in any case, night after night he came back, only to find her growing wiser and wiser. Soon the neighbours whispered their surprise among themselves, for Tephany had not been able to resist the pleasure of putting the feather in her hair for some of the people who despised her for her poor clothes, and many were the jokes she made about them.
She felt half choked at the sight of their greediness, and wanted to rush from the hall, and though Barbaik caught her arm to prevent this, and said all sorts of tender words which she thought would make the girl weep the more, Tephany with a violent effort forced back her tears, and wiped her eyes. 'Is she finished already? cried Barbaik, in a tone of disappointment. 'Oh, try again, my dear.
'Go then! cried Tephany, and entering the house she slammed the door behind her. Lonely and miserable she sat down by the fire and stared into the red embers. Then, flinging the feather from her hair, she put her head on her hands, and sobbed passionately. 'What is the use of being clever when it is beauty that men want? That is what I ought to have asked for.
Well, this being the sort of person Barbaïk was, it is easy to guess at her anger when one day she found Téphany talking outside the cow-house to young Denis, who was nothing more than a day labourer from the village of Plover.
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