cloister he no , Jonger had time to 

 observe this practice. This distressed 

 him much, and he asked counsel of 

 an aged priest, who advised him to 

 say his Aves every evening, which 

 would be accepted by Our Lady in 

 lieu of the garlands which he could 

 no longer provide. 



So from this time on the young 

 monk said an extra prayer, and one 

 day he was sent on a journey, in the 

 course of which he had to pass 

 through a dark and lonely wood, 

 where, unknown to him, some rob- 

 bers laid in wait for chance travellers- 

 Quite unsuspicious, the young monk 

 pursued his way, until he suddenly 

 remembered that his Aves were not 

 said, and he stopped to say them. 

 Then, to their surprise, the robbers saw 

 a most glorious lady stand before him, 

 and take from the kneeling monk 

 fifty beautiful roses, which she wove 

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