But if you play with volcanic fire you'll burn more than your clever fingers." "Pooh! The girl is only a model." "Ha! Not much of the lay figure about her, anyway." Lambert, according to his custom, shrugged his shoulders and did not seek to explain further.

If Miss Greeby chose to turn her fancies into facts, she was at liberty to do so.

Besides, her attention was luckily attracted by the vivid life of the vagrants which hummed and bustled everywhere.

The tribe was a comparatively large one, and--as Miss Greeby learned later--consisted of Lees, Loves, Bucklands, Hernes, and others, all mixed up together in one gypsy stew.

The assemblage embraced many clans, and not only were there pure gypsies, but even many diddikai, or half-bloods, to be seen.