ABSTRACT

The first time she saw him, saw this fellow Yann, was on the day following her arrival, at the pardon of the Icelanders, which is held on the 8th of December, the Feast of our Lady of Good-Tidings, patroness of fishermen—shortly after the procession, while the sombre streets were still hung with white draperies, on which had been fastened ivy and holly, winter foliage and winter flowers.