"Do they knaw you?"
"No."
"Then doan't 'ee go, sur. They'll kill 'ee, sur. They be terble, sur. They taake no noatice of the passon, nor the bible, sur."
I saw that the maid was in earnest. No one was near, for I had not entered the village, so I dismounted and stood by her side.
"You seem a good maid," I said, "and I believe you would not tell a lie. What know you of these Killigrews?"
"I'm feared to tell 'ee, sur. Nearly everybody es feared to go there. The 'ouse es full ov rubbers. Say rubbers, and land rubbers. People miles round 'ave bin rubbed, and murdered, and people do zay tes they. But we ca'ant tell. And everybody es feared to tackle 'em. They be fighters, terble fighters. Some ov 'em do ride ere zumtimes like maazed people. Doan't 'ee go 'mong 'em, sur, doan't 'ee now.
"Yes, I must go."
"Then taake care ov yezelf, sur. You be very big and strong, sur; and do car a sword. But doan't 'ee vex 'em."
"I'll be careful. Is that all you know?"
"That's oall, sur."