It Is Said
That The Fellows Of Whom I Am Speaking Expected Many More Of Their
Brethren To Join Them, Which Is Likely Enough, For All Gypsies Are
Thieves:
But praised be God, they have been put down before they
became too formidable.
I saw them myself conveyed to the prison at
-. Thanks be to God. Todos estan presos."
"The mystery is now solved," said I to myself, and proceeded to
despatch my supper, which was now ready.
The next day's journey brought me to a considerable town, the name
of which I have forgotten. It is the first in New Castile, in this
direction. I passed the night as usual in the manger of the
stable, close beside the Caballeria; for, as I travelled upon a
donkey, I deemed it incumbent upon me to be satisfied with a couch
in keeping with my manner of journeying, being averse, by any
squeamish and over delicate airs, to generate a suspicion amongst
the people with whom I mingled that I was aught higher than what my
equipage and outward appearance might lead them to believe. Rising
before daylight, I again proceeded on my way, hoping ere night to
be able to reach Talavera, which I was informed was ten leagues
distant. The way lay entirely over an unbroken level, for the most
part covered with olive trees. On the left, however, at the
distance of a few leagues, rose the mighty mountains which I have
already mentioned. They run eastward in a seemingly interminable
range, parallel with the route which I was pursuing; their tops and
sides were covered with dazzling snow, and the blasts which came
sweeping from them across the wide and melancholy plains were of
bitter keenness.
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