"Falster," replied the Pastor, "and to the south is Laaland. One of the chief towns is Mariebo; it is so called from the special wish of the Virgin, as evidenced by a shining light having been seen there every night. Queen Margrethe bought the site for a church, from the owner, Jens Grim, and the place was called Mariebo. The termination 'bo' is present Danish for an abode or dwelling, as it was supposed the Virgin had been there. 'By' is present Danish for a town. In the church there is the figure of a monk on one of the pillars pointing at another pillar, where it is said a treasure is buried. A Danish antiquary is said to have found in the Vatican a paper stating that when the monks were driven out of Mariebo, they had hid their documents in a pillar of the church. It is not known to me whether any search has been made. The owner of the site, Jens Grim, was attacked by people from Lubeck; they besieged his two fastnesses. They succeeded in taking one of them by a very simple stratagem. Jens Grim had lost his knife, which the Lubeckers found, and took it to the fastness, where they knew he was not, and said they had come to take possession by Jens Grimes order, and produced the knife. They were admitted and took the place." "What do you propose to do at Vordingborg, John?" asked Mrs. Hardy. "We are close to it, mother," replied John. "It is likely to be a similar place to Svendborg." "There is not much to see at Vordingborg. There are the ruins of King Valdemar's castle; the portion most prominent is called the Goose Tower, because the figure of a goose was used as a weathercock," said the Pastor. "If I might suggest, a drive in a carriage in the neighbourhood would, I think, interest you. The scenery is the same type as at Svendborg." The Pastor's suggestion was followed, and he poured forth much historical learning connected with Vordingborg. "Is there no legend?" asked Hardy. "Yes," replied the Pastor; "but it is one common to a great many places. It is this. A giantess wished to remove a tumulus or Kaempehoi from Vordingborg to Moen. She put it in her apron; but there was a hole in it, and the Kaempehoi fell into the sea near the coast, and formed what is called Borreo, or Borre Island. That is the only legend I know, or can recollect at present, particularly attached to Vordingborg. But do you not propose an excursion to Moen's Klint?" "That we do, as it is different from any other place in Denmark," said Hardy. "The difficulty is, if it should come on to blow hard in the eastern sea, as you call the Baltic, the yacht would have to run back to Gronsund, or go to Copenhagen." "Then," said the Pastor, "why not leave the yacht at Gronsund? You can get a carriage and a pair of horses to drive through the whole of Moen, about sixteen English miles, and return the same evening to the yacht." John Hardy laid Mansa's map and the chart before his mother, who assented. "Where can we get horses?" he asked.