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Since then, we have seen no more from here, but those who came from Llanfair told us that they were burning, on every hill, the night they got there; so I have no doubt that the old men, women, and children were at once sent off, probably to shelter in the Plinlimmon district, or mayhap in the forests of Cader Idris. At any rate, we may be sure that very few will be found at their villages.
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I think you will be both tired and thirsty before you get to Llanfair, supposing you go there on foot. But what may your business be at Llanfair?" said he, looking at me inquisitively. "It is a strange place to go to, unless you go to buy hogs or cattle."
Beyond that, the river is a mere streamlet, and you will have to make across the hills." "Do you know, sir, whether the force that went to Llanfair was to effect a junction with the king?" "No, I believe not; at any rate, not for the present.
How different is the reception of this despised race of the wandering stranger from that of . However, I am a Saxon myself, and the Saxons have no doubt their virtues; a pity that they should be all uncouth and ungracious ones! I asked my kind host his name. "John Jones," he replied, "Melinydd of Llanfair." "Is the mill which you work your own property?" I inquired.
"Not half so much as pig-jobbing," said Bos, "and that that's your trade I am certain, or you would never have gone to Llanfair." "I am no pig-jobber," said I, "and when I asked you that question about droving, I merely did so because one Ellis Wynn, in a book he wrote, gives the drovers a very bad character, and puts them in Hell for their mal-practices."
Of Bala, its lake and Tomen, I shall have something to say on a future occasion. Leaving Bala I passed through the village of Llanfair and found myself by the Dee, whose course I followed for some way. Coming to the northern extremity of the Bala valley, I entered a pass tending due north. Here the road slightly diverged from the river. I sped along, delighted with the beauty of the scenery.
"And where will you find a lletty for night, gentleman?" said the miller's wife. "This is a poor place, but if you will make use of our home you are welcome." "I need not trouble you," said I, "I return this night to Pentraeth Goch where I shall sleep." "Well," said the miller, "whilst you are at Llanfair I will accompany you about. Where shall we go to first?"
"I know you did, sir," said the clerk, bowing, "for I saw you at the service at Llanfair his name is Hughes." "Any relation of the clergyman at Tregaron?" said I. "Own brother, sir." "He at Tregaron bears a very high character," said I.
He was dressed in a pepper-and-salt coat of the Newmarket cut, breeches of corduroy and brown top boots, and had on his head a broad, black, coarse, low-crowned hat. In his left hand he held a heavy whale-bone whip with a brass head. I sat down on a bench nearly opposite to him and the landlord. "Well," said Mr Pritchard; "did you find your way to Llanfair?" "Yes," said I.
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