Itwasgenerallysaidthattheprisonerwasdisorderedinhismind；
Iheldmytongue，butjudgingfromhislookandmannerIsawnoreasontosupposethathewasanymoreoutofhissensesthanI
myself，oranypersonpresent，andIhadnodoubtthatwhatinducedhimtocommittheactwasrageatbeinglookeddownuponbyaquondamacquaintance，whowasrisingalittleintheworld，exacerbatedbythereflectionthatthedisdainfulquondamacquaintancewasoneoftheSaxonrace，againstwhicheveryWelshmanentertainsagrudgemoreorlessvirulent，which，thoughofcourse，veryunchristianlike，isreally，brotherEnglishman，aftertheaffairofthelongknives，andtwoorthreeotheractionsofasomewhatsimilarcharacterofournobleAnglo—Saxonprogenitors，withwhichallWelshmenareperfectlywellacquainted，notverymuchtobewonderedat。
CHAPTERLIII
TheDylluan—TheOldestCreatures。