The tinkler-gypsies . I could have wished. Furthermeetings with other Gypsies, however, recalledmany words then heard for the first time. Good-iiii^ht and Good Luck. 265 One little Gypsy boy, Lijah, whose facebeamed with happiness, was just the living pic-ture of his father, and little Patience, withfair ringlets clustering round her rosy, smilingcheeks, might have passed anywhere — herRomani extraction notwithstanding — for abonnie wee Scotch lassie. Mr P suddenly arose, having remem-bered that he had a deal to conclude at theHead Inn, and I opined that it would be judi-cious to follow his ex
The tinkler-gypsies . I could have wished. Furthermeetings with other Gypsies, however, recalledmany words then heard for the first time. Good-iiii^ht and Good Luck. 265 One little Gypsy boy, Lijah, whose facebeamed with happiness, was just the living pic-ture of his father, and little Patience, withfair ringlets clustering round her rosy, smilingcheeks, might have passed anywhere — herRomani extraction notwithstanding — for abonnie wee Scotch lassie. Mr P suddenly arose, having remem-bered that he had a deal to conclude at theHead Inn, and I opined that it would be judi-cious to follow his example ! Thanking my kindfriends, I wished them good-night, and they ex-pressed the wish that I would visit them nexttime they came round. As I walked brisklyover the common, my ears were greeted withKushto ratli, Rye (Good-night, sir), and Kushtohokt {Good luck), and looking back I saw theGypsy children—with faces agleam with happi-ness^waving their hands, and mingling theiradieus with those of the Gypsy CHAPTER VI.
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