[Wild Wales by George Borrow]@TWC D-Link bookWild Wales CHAPTER XXXV 5/5
Perhaps he came from a distance and saw and married a daughter of the Lewis of Dyfnant--more than one stranger has done so.
Lord Vivian came from a distance and saw and married a daughter of the rich Lewis of Dyfnant." I shook honest Pritchard by the hand, thanked him for his kindness and wished him farewell, whereupon he gave mine a hearty squeeze, thanking me for my custom. "Which is my way," said I, "to Pen Caer Gybi ?" "You must go about a mile on the Bangor road, and then turning to the right pass through Penmynnydd, but what takes you to Holyhead ?" "I wish to see," said I, "the place where Cybi the tawny saint preached and worshipped.
He was called tawny because from his frequent walks in the blaze of the sun his face had become much sun-burnt.
This is a furiously hot day, and perhaps by the time I get to Holyhead, I may be so sun-burnt as to be able to pass for Cybi himself.".
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