"I would rather be there now than here. The company is more to my liking."
"You may be near enough by to-morrow, if what I have learned be true."
The girl's eyes grew larger and darker. "Are they going to hang me?" she asked.
"Are you not a witch?"
"It is said."
"Your mother Mald is a witch—eh?"
"Yes, she is a witch."
"And are not you? You know Deerleap—eh?"
"It is said that I do."
"And you know what must be done to witches."