But according to your belief?
I do not desire to say what my belief is. It can do no good, and it may do harm; for who shall assure me that I do not err?
Don’t you think they are bewitched?
No.
Give us your thoughts on their behavior.
No, Ichabod, no; my thoughts can be of no worth to thee or such as thee. If I had more proof, proof that ye would receive in law, I might be willing to speak at large both of them and of their master——
Their master! cried a little man, with a sharp inquisitive eye, who had not opened his mouth before. Who is their master?
If they deal in witchcraft or in the black art, Joseph Piper, thee may know as well as I do.
Woman....are you not afraid of death?
No.........not much, though I should like to be spared for a few days longer.