Hi-yi, as old Tekewani says, but it was good!" "What is the Romany word for hedgehog ?" Fleda asked in a low tone.
"Hotchewitchi," he replied instantly.

"That's right, isn't it ?" "Yes, it is right," she answered, and her eyes had a far-away look, but there was a kind of trouble at her mouth.
"Do you speak Romany ?" she added a little breathlessly.
"No, no.

I only picked up words I heard Aunt Cynthy use now and then when she was in the mood." "What was the history of Aunt Cynthy ?" "I only know what Charley Long told me.

Aunt Cynthy was the daughter of a Gipsy--they say the only Gipsy in that part of the country at the time--who used to buy and sell horses, and travel in a big van as comfortable as a house.

The old man suddenly died on the farm of Charley's uncle.