Giles. This be no subject for jest. Said you the black beast spoke to you, Ann?
Ann. I know not. Once I thought I heard Olive calling. I know not what I heard.
Giles. You'd best have stayed at home. Where is your mother, Olive?
Olive. She has gone to Goodwife Bishop's with a basket of eggs.
Giles. Gone three miles to Goodwife Bishop's this time of night? Is the woman gone out of her senses?
Olive. She is not afraid.
Giles. I'll warrant she is not afraid. So much the worse for her. Mayhap she's gone riding on a broomstick herself. How is the cat?
Olive. She is better.
Giles. She was taken strangely, if your mother did make light of it. And the ox, hath he fell down again?
Olive. Not that I have heard.