. The Waldorf family ; or, Grandfather's lagends . s of the bay Ihave already named. The imagination of thestory-teller has, from age to age, embellished thetradition of its destruction, until it has now becomea wild and fanciful legend, which I will repeat toyou, with all its details, as I once heard it relatedin a Breton cottage, within sound of the moaningwaters of the bay, and almost within reach of thespray thrown up by the driving tempest. The children settled themselves in an attitudeof attention, and the old man began the legend. 133 OR, THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN KEYS. EARS upon years
. The Waldorf family ; or, Grandfather's lagends . s of the bay Ihave already named. The imagination of thestory-teller has, from age to age, embellished thetradition of its destruction, until it has now becomea wild and fanciful legend, which I will repeat toyou, with all its details, as I once heard it relatedin a Breton cottage, within sound of the moaningwaters of the bay, and almost within reach of thespray thrown up by the driving tempest. The children settled themselves in an attitudeof attention, and the old man began the legend. 133 OR, THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN KEYS. EARS upon years ago, theredwelt in Cornouaille a power-ful king, named Grallon. Hew^as one of the very best ofmonarchs, and his court wascrowded with men of renownfrom all parts of the world, whowere equally well received by him,whether they were rich or poor. Hewas rich, and mighty, and wouldhave been one of the happiest sovereignsupon earth, if he had not been renderedmiserable by the misconduct of his onlydaughter Dayuta, who, in order to escape from his 134. f =$V-™JV counsels, had taken up her abode in Keris, someleagues from Quimper, where the king held hiscourt. One day, when King Grallon was hunting, withhis attendants, in the forest which stretches alongthe base of Menehour, he lost his way, and wan-dered on until he arrived at the hermitage of a holyanchorite, named Corentin. Grallon had heard ofthis good man, who was said to be skilled in allkinds of wisdom, and to be also a great magician,though his piety kept him from using his knowl-edge, except for the benefit of mankind. The kingwas not sorry, therefore, to have discovered hisabode; but the attendants, who were half deadwith hunger, looked disdainfully round, and mut-tered something about the difficulty of making asupper out of prayers and learned books. Corentin, who could read their thoughts, askedthe king if he would condescend to accept of a re-past in so poor a place; and Grallon replied that hewould gladly do so, as he
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