Now you are hidden from her!"
She whispered: "I am deep in sleep. She has lost me. I am hidden. But she is hovering over me she is still
searching…"
Ricori and McCann had left their chairs and were beside me.
Ricori asked:
"You believe the witch is after her?"
"No," I answered. "But this is not an unexpected development. The girl has been under the woman's
control so long, and so completely, that the reaction is natural. It may be the result of suggestion, or it
may be the reasoning of her own subconsciousness…she has been breaking commands…she has been
threatened with punishment if she should-"