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Updated: May 12, 2025
"It's not him I'm so much afeared of as that Signor," said Tim. "He's such a terrible sharp one, Diana says." "But the perlice must be after the children by now," persisted Mrs. Peter. "And every one far and wide knows of Crookford Fair and the gipsies that comes to it." "P'raps they've never thought of gipsies," said Tim; and in this, as we know, he was about right. The day passed peacefully.
"It's along o' them childer," said Mick, though less roughly now. "You're a-spoiling of them, and I won't have it. To-morrow evening'll see us at Crookford, and the day after they're to be took to the Signor.
A letter'll always get to me, sooner or later, at the 'Bargeman's Rest, Crookford. You can remember that Peter Toft that's my name." "I'll not forget, you may be sure," said Tim. "It's very good of you not to take any, for it's true, as you say, we may need it. And so you think too it's best to go straight to the police at Monkhaven." "I do so," said Peter, and thus it was settled.
"We must be starting," said the bargeman, and he turned to jump ashore and attach the towing ropes to the patient horse. "You must keep them in the cabin for a while," he said to his wife. "They mustn't risk being seen till we're a long way out of Crookford." Duke and Pamela looked up, but without clearly understanding what their new host said.
It comes right into the town over that way," and she pointed the left. "The boats take stone from hereabouts, there's lots of quarries near Crookford. I wanted you to see it, for we've been thinking, Tim and me it's more his thought than mine that that'd be the best way for you to get away.
The dinner was thoroughly approved of by Duke and Pamela, and after they had eaten it they were pleased at being allowed to stay on the deck of the boat, and to run about and amuse themselves as they chose, for they had now left Crookford so far behind them that Peter and his wife did not think it likely any one would be coming in pursuit.
And then the caravan started again and went rumbling on till much later than usual, for, as Tim overheard from the gipsies' conversation, they were eager now to get to Crookford, where the fair was to be, as quickly as possible.
"Then I'll come," said Pamela, and in another minute the two children, each with a hand of the gipsy girl, were threading their way through the lanes of vans and carts, half-completed booths, tethered horses and donkeys, men, women, and children of all kinds, which were assembled on the outskirts of Crookford in preparation for the great fair.
For the gipsies expected to do a good trade in these things at the Crookford fair. "I wish Diana would give us one of these nice baskets to take home a present to Grandmamma," continued Pamela, as her glance fell upon them. "You're very silly, sister," said Duke. "Don't you understand that us is going to run away, like Tim has always been wanting. And Diana's going to help us to run away.
But how to get them safe out of Crookford! I must speak to Tim. And I don't care what Mick says or does after this. I'll never, never again have a hand in this kind of business; he may steal horses and poultry and what he likes, but I'll have no more to do with stealing children. If ill had come, or did come, to these innocent creatures I'd never know another easy moment."
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