"How can I ever thank you for your faithfulness in this quest in my behalf, and the great love which prompted you to undertake this stormy, dangerous journey on the rough seas that I might once more be well?"
The young man did not enjoy hearing her speak of his love and faithfulness. He did not reply.
"No maid was ever blessed with so wonderful a lover," went on the happy girl.
"You are forgetting to take the parings," said the mother. "They will not cure you if you do not take them."
The fair maid of Fayal took the parings in a gourd full of water. She began to improve immediately and the next day she was entirely well.
"'Tis faith which saves and not parings," said her betrothed.
ST. BRENDAN'S ISLAND
The Story of the Little Maid Who Found It
There was once an Irish monk called St. Brendan. One day he received a visit from a hermit who told him of a most marvelous island.