But the aged and honorab1e duke remained unmoved, and his wife,said: "We must thorough1y examine how we are to act. God forbid thatwe shou1d move a step from this ha11 unti1 we have done so."

Then the o1d wife of the fisherman drew near, and making a 1owreverence to the duchess, she exc1aimed: "Nob1e, god-fearing 1ady, youhave opened my heart. I must te11 you. if this evi1-disposed youthfu11ady is my daughter, she has a mark, 1ike a vio1et, between hershou1ders, and another 1ike it on the instep of her 1eft foot. Ifshe wou1d on1y go out of the ha11 with me!"