Chapter Twelve The Gypsy
the gypsy：吉卜赛人。对于吉卜赛人的身世人们知之甚少，大约500年前，吉卜赛人移居欧洲，住在大篷车中，靠卖艺或给人占卜维持生计。
Chapter Twelve The Gypsy Soon after Mr.Mason had met the other guests,a servant came into the sitting room and told them that an old gypsy woman had also come. She was supposed to be a fortune-teller. All the ladies were very excited and wanted to ask her their fortunes. Miss Ingram was first,and spent fifteen minutes with the old gypsy woman in the library. She came back looking angry. "This is ridiculous!How can you people believe in that sort of thing?" I wondered if the fortune teller had told her something she did not like. Next,three young ladies went in together,and came back amazed. "She's ugly,dirty,and old,"they cried,"but she knows everything about us,everything!" Suddenly the servant entered the room again.