“Hush! hush!” cried Kate, for Heav’n’s sake be
“As secret as the grave—
“For Lubin means to marry me—
“And if you will not me betray,
“I for your silence well will pay;
“Five pounds this moment you shall have.”—
“I will have Ten!” the gypsy cries—
The fearful, trembling girl complies.
But, what was her dismay, to find
That Lubin was the gypsy bold;