A common dread was the evil eye, and the chief charm against it was in the form of a knotted cord woven by a wise woman.

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No legitimate excuse for introduction existed, or could exist, and the odds looked like a hiding to nothing should Bayard attempt to force a meeting […]

‘These ridges are full of old scrub bulls.’