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"The Red Tavern?" said I. "How is it that so many of your places are called Goch? there is Pentraeth Goch; there is Saint Pedair Goch, and here at Llanfair is Tafarn Goch." The miller laughed. "It will take a wiser man than I," said he, "to answer that question." The repast over I rose up, gave my host thanks, and said, "I will now leave you, and hunt up things connected with Gronwy."
"Si senor! este mozo luego acompanara usted." Then turning to a lad of about eighteen, also dressed as a mason, he said in Welsh: "Show this gentleman instantly the way to Tafarn Goch." The lad flinging a hod down, which he had on his shoulder, instantly set off, making me a motion with his head to follow him. I did so, wondering what the man could mean by speaking to me in Spanish.
"It was called so, sir," said John, "because it was originally merely a turf hovel, though at present it consists of good brick and mortar." "Can we breakfast there," said I, "for I feel both hungry and thirsty?" "Oh yes, sir," said John, "I have heard there is good cheese and cwrw there." We turned off to the "tafarn," which was a decent public-house of rather an antiquated appearance.
It was chiefly composed of ash, sycamore and birch, and looked delightfully cool and shady. I asked my guide if it belonged to any gentleman's house. He told me that it did not, but to a public-house, called Tafarn Tywarch, which stood near the end, a little way off the road. "Why is it called Tafarn Tywarch?" said I, struck by the name which signifies "the tavern of turf."
He was a great poet as I have been told, and is the glory of our land but he was unfortunate; I have read his life in Welsh and part of his letters; and in doing so have shed tears." "Has his house any particular name?" said I. "It is called sometimes Ty Gronwy," said the miller; "but more frequently Tafarn Goch."
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