I lived there in solitude, giving myself up to prayer and meditation, and performing unheard of austerities, until I learnt by a revelation from heaven that a maid alone could overcome the dragon, and that I was that maid." "Show me a sign of your mission," said the old man.
"I myself am the sign," answered Orberosia.
"I am not ignorant of the power of those who have placed a seal upon their flesh," replied the apostle of the Penguins.

"But are you indeed such as you say ?" "You will see by the result," answered Orberosia.
The monk Regimental drew near: "That will," said he, "be the best proof.

King Solomon has said: 'Three things are hard to understand and a fourth is impossible: they are the way of a serpent on the earth, the way of a bird in the air, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a maid!' I regard such matrons as nothing less than presumptuous who claim to compare themselves in these matters with the wisest of kings.

Father, if you are led by me you will not consult them in regard to the pious Orberosia.
When they have given their opinion you will not be a bit farther on than before.

Virginity is not less difficult to prove than to keep.