I will gladly help you." As a first result of Rosenblatt's encouraging advice, Samuel recovered much of his self-assurance, which had been rudely shattered, and therefore much of his good humour.

As a further result, he determined upon a more vigorous policy in his wooing.
He would humble himself no more.

He would find means to bring this girl to her place, namely, at his feet.
The arrival of a Saint's day brought Samuel an opportunity to inaugurate his new policy.

The foreign colony was rigidly devoted to its religious duties.

Nothing could induce a Galician to engage in his ordinary avocation upon any day set apart as sacred by his Church.