le child her mother told her of this wonderful stone. She
told her that it would bring her joy and peace and the love of all who
were good and true, if she kept it bright and pure; but that, if she
ever gave it away, she would lose her youth and her beauty, and would
be hidden away from all her friends and left alone in the world.

Dorigen shuddered at the thought of parting with her jewel. She did
not know how her mother's words could come to pass, if she did give it
away, nor by what magic power she could be so lost that no one who
loved her could find her again. But she was sure that what her mother
had said must be true.

And that was why Dorigen was so angry with Aurelius. She knew that he
must have heard what sorrow she would suffer if she gave him her
jewel, for all the court knew the story of the wonderful stone.

Not long after this, Arviragus came home. He had won more honor than
before, and was now the very flower of chivalry. I cannot tell you how
great the joy was, with which he greeted Dorigen, nor how soon she
forgot her fears of the sea and the grisly rocks.

For two years, while they lived a joyful life together, Aurelius lay
in bed unable to rise, with no one to take care of him except his
brother Austin. This brother mourned over Aurelius in secret and wept
at his unhappy fate, till one day he remembered a book of magic that
he had seen when he was a student in Orleans. In that book he had read
of the strange ways in which Magicians can make things seem what they
are not. His heart leapt up. He said to himself, "My brother shall be
cured. I am sure I have heard of stranger things than that the rocks
should seem to vanish. Once I heard of a Magician who made every one
believe that a great brown barge was rowing up and down a sheet of
water inside the hall of a castle! If he could do that, then surely we
shall be able to find a Magician who will make those black rocks seem
to vanish. Then Dorigen will have to keep her promise and give
Aurelius her wonderful jewel."

Austin then ran to his brother's room and told him about the book of
magic at Orleans. No sooner had Aurelius heard him than he leapt out
of bed. In less time than one would think possible he was ready to
start on the long ride to Orleans.

When they came near the city they met a Magician. They knew him to be
a Magician because of the strange look in his eyes, and because of his
curious dress. When they rode up to him he bowed before t