Blyth said, you know, they allus do), she wouldn't take agin
Romanies in general. No, she'd take to Romanies in general, and she'd
go hangin' about the different camps, and she'd soon be snapped up,
being so comely, and they'd make a lot o' money out on her jist
havin' her with 'em for the "dukkerin'."'
'I don't understand you,' I said.
'Well, you know,' said Sinfi, 'anybody as is under the cuss is half
with the sperrits and half with us, and so can tell the _real_
"dukkerin'." Only it's bad for a Romany to have another Romany in the
"place" as is under the cuss; but it don't matter a bit about having
a Gorgio among your breed as is under a cuss; for Gorgio cuss can't
never touch Romany.'
'Then you feel quite sure she's not dead, Sinfi?'
'She's jist as live as you an' me somewheres, brother. There's two
things as keeps _her_ alive: there's the cuss, as says she's got to
beg her bread, and there's the dukkeripen o' the Golden Hand on
Snowdon, as says she's got to marry you.'
'But, Sinfi, I mean that, apart from all this superstition of yours,
you have reason to think she's alive? and you think she's with the
Romanies?'
'I know she's alive, and I think she's with the Romanies.
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