snake-fellow

Updated: May 3, 2025

‘That, being so old, you can’t yet guide yourself!’ ‘I can read Dante, Jasper.’ ‘Anan, brother.’ ‘I can charm snakes, Jasper.’ ‘I know you can, brother.’ ‘Yes, and horses too; bring me the most vicious in the land, if I whisper he’ll be tame.’ ‘Then the more shame for you—a snake-fellow—a horse-witch—and a lil-reader—yet you can’t shift for yourself. I laugh at you, brother!’

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

"Yes, and horses too; bring me the most vicious in the land, if I whisper he'll be tame." "Then the more shame for you a snake-fellow a horse-witch and a lil- reader yet you can't shift for yourself. I laugh at you, brother!" "Then you can shift for yourself?" "For myself and for others, brother." "And what does Chikno?" "Sells me horses, when I bid him. Those horses on the chong were mine."

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

'Perhaps; but you are of the Gorgios, and I am a Rommany Chal. Tawno Chikno take care of Jasper Petulengro! 'Is that your name? 'Don't you like it? 'Very much, I never heard a sweeter; it is something like what you call me. 'The horse-shoe master and the snake-fellow, I am the first. 'Who gave you that name? 'Ask Pharaoh. 'I would, if he were here, but I do not see him. 'I am Pharaoh.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

'Yes, and horses too; bring me the most vicious in the land, if I whisper he'll be tame. 'Then the more shame for you a snake-fellow a horse-witch and a lil- reader yet you can't shift for yourself. I laugh at you, brother! 'Then you can shift for yourself? 'For myself and for others, brother. 'And what does Chikno? 'Sells me horses, when I bid him. Those horses on the chong were mine.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

"Perhaps; but you are of the Gorgios, and I am a Rommany Chal. Tawno Chikno take care of Jasper Petulengro!" "Is that your name?" "Don't you like it?" "Very much, I never heard a sweeter; it is something like what you call me." "The horse-shoe master and the snake-fellow, I am the first." "Who gave you that name?" "Ask Pharaoh." "I would, if he were here, but I do not see him." "I am Pharaoh."

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

‘The horse-shoe master and the snake-fellow, I am the first.’ ‘Who gave you that name?’ ‘Ask Pharaoh.’ ‘I would, if he were here, but I do not see him.’ ‘I am Pharaoh.’ ‘Then you are a king.’ ‘Chachipen Pal.’ ‘I do not understand you.’ ‘Where are your languages? You want two things, brother: mother sense, and gentle Rommany.’ ‘What makes you think that I want sense?’

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest