“Ah! How do you know that?”
“How? My cousin could tell you exactly. Let me see, how was it? Oh, yes; I have it. The witch had promised to renounce all her hellish practices and wear women’s clothes. So they were brought into the prison; but notwithstanding that she was found the next morning with men’s clothes on again. There you have it.”
“But why do you conclude from that that she has intercourse with evil spirits?”
“Why? Do you still doubt? Holy Ursula! his reverence says so. My cousin, the good woman, she could tell you all about it; but she has gone just now to mass.”
“But you were going to tell me some good news.”
“Oh, yes; I had nearly forgotten it. It is this. As the witch has resumed her intercourse with the evil spirits, she will have to be tried again.”
“Well, of what interest is that to me?”
“Of what interest is it to you? Holy Ursula! Is it not of the greatest interest to you that you have not come here in vain? When they sentence the witch again, she will stand upon a high platform, as she did the first time, and you will see her just as easily as you see me now.”
“So! That is nice. But when will it be?”
“I do not know, little friend. But, ps-t, my cousin will find out all about it from his reverence.”