_Antonio_--All last night I lay awake, thinking of the affairs of Egypt; and when I arose in the morning I took the _bar lachí_ from my bosom, and scraping it with a knife, swallowed some of the dust in _aguardiente_, as I am in the habit of doing when I have made up my mind; and I said to myself, I am wanted on the frontiers of Castumba on a certain matter. The strange Caloró is about to proceed to Madrilati; the journey is long, and he may fall into evil hands, peradventure into those of his own blood; for let me tell you, brother, the Calés are leaving their towns and villages, and forming themselves into troops to plunder the Busné, for there is now but little law in the land, and now or never is the time for the Caloré to become once more what they were in former times. So I said, the strange Caloró may fall into the hands of his own blood and be ill-treated by them, which were shame: I will therefore go with him through the Chim del Manró as far as the frontiers of Castumba, and upon the frontiers of Castumba I will leave the London Caloró to find his own way to Madrilati, for there is less danger in Castumba than in the Chim del Manró, and I will then betake me to the affairs of Egypt which call me from hence. _Myself_--This is a very hopeful plan of yours, my friend: and in what manner do you propose that we shall travel? _Antonio_--I will tell you, brother. I have a _gras_ in the stall, even the one which I purchased at Olivenças, as I told you on a former occasion; it is good and fleet, and cost me, who am a gipsy, fifty _chulé_: upon that _gras_ you shall ride. As for myself, I will journey upon the _macho_. _Myself_--Before I answer you, I shall wish you to inform me what business it is which renders your presence necessary in Castumba: your son-in-law Paco told me that it was no longer the custom of the gipsies to wander. _Antonio_--It is an affair of Egypt, brother, and I shall not acquaint you with it; peradventure it relates to a horse or an ass, or peradventure it relates to a mule or a _macho_; it does not relate to yourself, therefore I advise you not to inquire about it--_Dosta_. With respect to my offer, you are free to decline it; there is a _drungruje_ between here and Madrilati, and you call travel it in the _birdoche_, or with the _dromalis_; but I tell you, as a brother, that there are _chories_ upon the _drun_, and some of them are of the Errate.