who had seemed a pilgrim did not appear,
and the cape was sought and not found, his wife in anger said
to the knight, " You have often been deceived by wanderers
of this kind and yet You persist in your superstitions But he
replied calmly, "Do not be disturbed, St. Thomas will certainly
make good this loss to us." The devil did this in order to
provoke the knight to impatience on account of the loss of his
cape, and to extinguish in his heart his love for the Apostle.
But what the devil had prepared for his destruction redounded
to the glory of the knight; by it the latter was incited the more
strongly, the former was confused and punished. For after a little
time Gerard wanted to go to the abode of St. Thomas, and when
hewas all ready to start, he broke a gold ring into two pieces
before the eyes of his wife, and joining them together in her
presence, gave one piece to her and kept the other himself, saying,
"You ought to trust this token. Moreover, I ask you to wait
five years for my return, and after that you can marry any one
you please." And she promised.

He went on a very long journey and at length with great expense
and very great labor reached the city of St. Thomas the Apostle.
There he was saluted most courteously by the citizens and received
with as great kindness as if he had been one of them and well
known to them. Ascribing this favor to the blessed Apostle he
entered the oratory and prayed, commending himself, his wife,
and all his