# LXXXI explained — Lavengro > Chapter companion for Lavengro by George Borrow. ## What happens Lavengro travels with Mr. Petulengro, who recounts the death and funeral of Mrs. Hearne, who hanged herself. He also tells the story of a Bow Street runner who apprehended a Romany chal after a struggle, revealing himself as the second man present. ## Themes in this chapter ### The Gypsy and the Outsider Jasper's detailed account of Mrs. Hearne's death and the Romani way of handling the funeral highlights the distinct customs and outsider status of the Romani people. ### Honor and Morality The story of the Romany chal's fight with the Bow Street runner and Mrs. Hearne's vengeful advice raise questions about honor, justice, and moral codes within and outside the law. ## Character check-ins ### Lavengro Travels with Mr. Petulengro and listens to his tales. ### Jasper Petulengro Narrates the death and funeral of Mrs. Hearne, and the story of the Bow Street runner and the Romany chal. ### Mrs. Hearne Reported dead by hanging, having been her own hinjiri; buried in Romani fashion by Leonora's bidding. ### Leonora The child who mourned Mrs. Hearne deeply and arranged her burial according to Romani tradition. ## Key lines > Two days ago, I happened to be at a fair not very far from here; I was all alone by myself, for our party were upwards of forty miles off, when who should come up but a chap that I knew, a relation, or rather, a connection of mine⁠—one of those Hearnes. Two days ago, I was at a fair alone, far from my group, when a relative of the Hearnes approached me. _Jasper explains how he learned of Mrs. Hearne's death._ > The Rommany chal fought the engro, brother, in the old Roman fashion. He bit, he kicked, and screamed like a wild cat of Benygant; casting foam from his mouth, and fire from his eyes. The Romany man fought the officer with savage, desperate tactics, biting, kicking, and screaming fiercely. _Jasper vividly describes the struggle between the Romany chal and the Bow Street runner._ ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/lxxxi - Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lavengro_se - All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lavengro_se/chapters