The next day Mary Jane inquired:
“What beautiful dream had you that caused you to smile in your sleep?”
“I dreamed that a great lord conducted me to church in a copper coach, and gave me a ring composed of precious stones that shone like stars; and when I entered the church, the people in the church looked only at the Mother of God and at me.”
“Ah! what a proud dream,” cried the widow, humbly drooping her head.
Flora began to sing. That same day a young peasant of good reputation asked her to marry him. This offer her mother approved, but Flora said to him:
“Even were you to seek me in a coach of copper, and wed me with a ring brilliant as the stars, I would not accept you.”
The following night Mary Jane, being wakeful, began to pray, and, looking at Flora, saw her smile.
“What dream did you have last night?” she asked Flora.
“I dreamed that a great lord came for me in a coach of silver, gave me a coronet of gold, and when I entered the church those present were more occupied in looking at me than at the Mother of God.”
“O poor child!” exclaimed the widow, “what an impious dream. Pray, pray earnestly that you may be preserved from temptation.”