I have a few guineas about me, which, though not a large sum, are my all.

Now, however ancient and honourable your fraternity may be, they labour under a sad confusion, I fear, in their ideas of meum and tuum." "Faith, sir, I believe you are right; and were you some years older, I think you would not have favoured me with the same disclosure you have done now; but you may be quite easy on that score.

If you were made of gold, the rascals would not filch off the corner of your garment as long as you were under my protection.

Does this assurance satisfy you ?" "Perfectly," said the youth; "and now how far are we from your encampment?
I assure you I am all eagerness to be among a set of which I have witnessed such a specimen." "Nay, nay," returned the gypsy, "you must not judge of all my brethren by me: I confess that they are but a rough tribe.

However, I love them dearly; and am only the more inclined to think them honest to each other, because they are rogues to all the rest of the world." By this time our travellers had advanced nearly two miles since they had commenced companionship; and at a turn in the lane, about three hundred yards farther on, they caught a glimpse of a distant fire burning brightly through the dim trees.