Tom thought he was going to strike her ; but she looked him too full and fierce in the face for that . `` Yes ; I was there , '' said the Irishwoman quietly . `` You are no Irishwoman , by your speech , '' said Grimes , after many bad words . `` Never mind who I am . I saw what I saw ; and if you strike that boy again , I can tell what I know . '' Grimes seemed quite cowed , and got on his donkey without another word . `` Stop ! '' said the Irishwoman . `` I have one more word for you both ; for you will both see me again before all is over . Those that wish to be clean , clean they will be ; and those that wish to be foul , foul they will be . Remember . '' And she turned away , and through a gate into the meadow . Grimes stood still a moment , like a man who had been stunned . Then he rushed after her , shouting , `` You come back . '' But when he got into the meadow , the woman was not there . Had she hidden away ? There was no place to hide in . But Grimes looked about , and Tom also , for he was as puzzled as Grimes himself at her disappearing so suddenly ; but look where they would , she was not there . Grimes came back again , as silent as a post , for he was a little frightened ; and , getting on his donkey , filled a fresh pipe , and smoked away , leaving Tom in peace . And now they had gone three miles and more , and came to Sir John 's lodge-gates .
Very grand lodges they were , with very grand iron gates and stone gate-posts , and on the top of each a most dreadful bogy , all teeth , horns , and tail , which was the crest which Sir John 's ancestors wore in the Wars of the Roses ; and very prudent men they were to wear it , XXXXX all their enemies must have run for their lives at the very first sight of them .
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