“And they have ceased to come about?”
“Nearly so, sir; I believe they have been frightened away by the Gwyddelod.”
“What kind of people are these Gwyddelod?
“Savage, brutish people, sir; in general without shoes and stockings, with coarse features and heads of hair like mops.”
“How do they live?”
“The men tinker a little, sir, but more frequently plunder. The women tell fortunes, and steal whenever they can.”
“They live something like the Gipsiaid.”
“Something, sir; but the hen Gipsiaid were gentlefolks in comparison.”
“You think the Gipsiaid have been frightened away by the Gwyddelians?”
“I do, sir; the Gwyddelod made their appearance in these parts about twenty years ago, and since then the Gipsiaid have been rarely seen.”