Judge Bride: Be stubborn, and you shall stand there all night—yes, and the next day. Come, have you ever seen a devil?
She nodded her head.
Judge Bride: Ah, then you have seen a devil. Do not feel ashamed of that. Did not Christ Himself see Satan? Was not Luther often tormented by his presence? Some of the best of men have been the most foully pursued. Feel no shame, Doll Bilby. Speak out freely. When was it first?
Doll Bilby: I was a child in Brittany; my mother took me to see him in a great wood.
Judge Bride: An instructive and remarkable experience—and have you seen him since?
Doll Bilby: Last spring I saw him—he came to me again.
Judge Bride: In proper human form?
Doll Bilby: He came to me by night. Yes, he came in form of proper man. He wore seaman’s clothes and with him was an imp—a black-faced imp with a long ringed tail. He wore this imp upon his bosom.
There was a commotion at the back of the hall.
Judge Bride: When did he come last spring to you?