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YVON AND FINETTE on the top of the waves, followed him closely whichever way he turned, and forced him to flee as fast as he could to his island, where he finally landed with the greatest difficulty, and fell upon the shore dripping, worn out, and conquered. "0n—the Kerver!" cried Yvon: "we are saved.”’ “Not yet, said Finette, trembling. "The giant has a witch for a godmother; I fear that she will revenge on me the insult offered to her godson. My art tells me, my dear Yvon, that if you quit me a single instant until you give me your name in the chapel of the Kervers I have everything to dread." " By the unicorn of my ancestors,” cried Yvon, "you have the heart of a hare and not of ahero! AmInot here? Am I gomg to abandon you? Do you believe that Providence has saved us from the fangs of that monster to wreck us in port?” He laughed so gaily that Finette laughed in turn at the terror that had seized her. IV The rest of the voyage passed off admirably. An invisible hand seemed to impel the ship onward. Twenty days after their departure the boat landed Yvon and Finette near Kerver Castle. Once on shore, Yvon turned to thank the crew. No one was there. Both boat and ship had 3 21
