This precipitates the catastrophe.
“As bess bizz out wi, angry fik
When murderons assail their bike
As open pussey’s mortal foes
When, pop, she starts before their nose,
As eager runs the market crowd
When “catch the thief” resounds aloud,
So Maggie runs the witche’s fetlow,
With many an eldritch scretch and hollow.”
The devotee of Bacchees hastens to procure the protection of the river Doon as witches dare not cross a running stream, and is indebted to his good horse for his safety although that is secured at the expense of her tail which she leaves in the clutches of the “Carlin.”