Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . BRUGES 146 neighbor, Arnold, the son of a great mer-chant, and she did not view him with dis-favor. But as winter and misery settledagain on the poor little hut, and Serenasaw that all her efforts appeared vain,she vowed to the Virgin never to marryunless her family could be rescued fromtheir suffering. Then one day when nearthe Minnewater, as she was making sadthoughts, suddenly she saw a light, andfrom the Virgin threads descendedtoward her, which, skipping the branches,dropt in her lap, where they by
Bobbins of Belgium; a book of Belgian lace, lace-workers, lace-schools and lace-villages . BRUGES 146 neighbor, Arnold, the son of a great mer-chant, and she did not view him with dis-favor. But as winter and misery settledagain on the poor little hut, and Serenasaw that all her efforts appeared vain,she vowed to the Virgin never to marryunless her family could be rescued fromtheir suffering. Then one day when nearthe Minnewater, as she was making sadthoughts, suddenly she saw a light, andfrom the Virgin threads descendedtoward her, which, skipping the branches,dropt in her lap, where they by chancedesigned lovely patterns. Serena under-stood this to be the response to herprayer, and she tried at once to reproducethe arabesques in linen thread. Sheended by attaching little woods to themand by aiding them with pins. And thusto the great emotion of Bruges bobbin-lace was born. And all the rich seigneursand bourgeois wished to possess came and Serena married Arnold, 146 BOBBINS OF BELGIUM and they had many daughters, all ofwhom she taught to make lace. The often quoted
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