But whether they would or not, if you are of a quarrelsome nature, you must not go to Chester; you would be in the castle in no time.

I don't know how to advise you.

As for selling you my stock, I'd see you farther first, for your own sake.
_Myself_ .-- Why?
_Tinker_ .-- Why! you would get your head knocked off.

Suppose you were to meet him?
_Myself_ .-- Pooh, don't be afraid on my account; if I were to meet him I could easily manage him one way or other.

I know all kinds of strange words and names, and, as I told you before, I sometimes hit people when they put me out.
Here the tinker's wife, who for some minutes past had been listening attentively to our discourse, interposed, saying, in a low soft tone: "I really don't see, John, why you shouldn't sell the young man the things, seeing that he wishes for them, and is so confident; you have told him plainly how matters stand, and if anything ill should befall him, people couldn't lay the blame on you; but I don't think any ill will befall him, and who knows but God has sent him to our assistance in time of need." "I'll hear of no such thing," said the tinker; "I have drunk at the young man's expense, and though he says he's quarrelsome, I would not wish to sit in pleasanter company.