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'She brought forward many reasons, Henry, but upon two of them she was constantly dwelling. 'And what were these? 'Well, the news of the death of your brother Frank of course reached us in Shire-Carnarvon, and how well I remember hearing my aunt say, "Henry Aylwin will be one of the wealthiest landowners in England."
But I remember saying to him, 'Hark at the thunder. Snap! and then I heard a sound like a shriek that appalled me. It recalled a sound I once heard in Shire-Carnarvon. 'What was it, Winnie? 'You've heard me when I was a little girl talk of my Gypsy sister Sinfi? 'Often, I said. 'She loves me more than anybody else in the whole world, said Winifred simply.
'My father, said Winifred, 'is going to have some diamonds and rubies given to him to-night by a friend of his, a sailor, who has come from India, and I am to go to London to-morrow to sell some of them; for you know, dear, we are very poor. That is why I am determined to go back to Shire-Carnarvon and see if I can get a situation as governess.
'No, father, said she, 'it was the song they sing in Shire-Carnarvon about the golden cloud over Snowdon and the spirits of the air. 'Yes, said Tom, 'but a little time ago you were singing a Gypsy song a downright heathen Gypsy song. I heard it about half an hour ago when I was in the church. The beautiful little head drooped in shame. 'I'm s'prised at you, Winifred.
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