THE MAYFLIES 117 



while an old fat monk murmured some- 

 thing about : 



" Montagnes des Pyrenees, • 

 Vous etes mes amours !" 



but no one paid the slightest heed. 



Things came to a crisis, however, a few 

 days later, when the Holy Virgin an- 

 nounced that she had made up her mind 

 to follow her Mother's example and to 

 build a church in Brittany. The building 

 would commence that very day. She 

 there and then invited all the good saints 

 to come along and help. 



You must know that the heavenly 

 host is largely composed of Breton saints. 

 Their departure, therefore, left the courts 

 of heaven exceedingly dull and void. 

 St. Peter was quite upset. He realised 

 that, unless something w^as done at once, 

 heaven would have no need of a door- 

 keeper, no one would want to come in I 

 He foresaw an empty paradise forsaken 

 for the landes of Brittany. Greatly agi- 

 tated, he talked the matter over with 

 St. Bernard, who quite understood his 

 point of view, and promised to interview 



