“And don’t forget to bring your silver with you,” the younger gypsy interpolated, speaking for the first time.
“I will not,” Tina answered, “and I will remember what you have said.”
She went on her way feeling amused by the brief encounter.
It was small wonder that country people were frightened by gypsies. They managed to create an air of mystery with their superior knowledge that Tina knew could frighten the cottagers, both young and old, when they began to talk about fortune or misfortune.
Danger from a dark man!
What rubbish it was, and yet, she thought, Sir Marcus was dark. Perhaps they would consider it dangerous for her to marry him. She would undoubtedly be desperately unhappy. Yet what alternative was there?
At the back of her mind all through the day there had been a sense
