And with it rose the Trinity Flower.
And when the leaves unfolded, they were three, as the hermit had said.
Then the boy was wild with joy and with impatience.

And when the sun shone for two days together, he would kneel by the flower, and say, "I pray thee, Lord, send showers, that it may wax apace." And when it rained, he said, "I pray Thee, send sunshine, that it may blossom speedily." For he knew not what to ask.

And he danced about the hermit, and cried, "Soon shalt thou see." But the hermit trembled, and said, "Not as I will, but as THOU wilt!" And so the bud formed.

And at length one evening, before he went down to the hamlet, the boy came to the hermit and said, "The bud is almost breaking, my Father.

To-morrow thou shalt see." Then the hermit moved his hands till he laid them on the boy's head, and he said, "The Lord repay thee sevenfold for all thou hast done for me, dear child.