“A witch!” Penny exclaimed, half jubilantly. “I’ve always wanted to meet one, and this is our chance!”
CHAPTER
7
BED AND BOARD
For a moment the two girls watched in awe the dark, grotesque figure silhouetted against the leaping flames of the fire. A woman in a long, flowing gown kept stirring the contents of the iron kettle.
“Doesn’t she look exactly like a witch!” Penny exclaimed again. “Maybe it’s Mrs. Lear.”
“If that’s the Lear place I know one thing!” Louise announced dramatically. “I’m going straight on to Delta.”
Penny knew better than to argue with her chum. Softly she quoted from “Macbeth”:
“‘Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.’”
“Trouble is all we’ve had since we started this wild trip,” Louise broke in. “And now you ask me to spend the night with a witch!”
“Not so loud, or the witch may hear you,” Penny cautioned. “Don’t be silly, Lou. It’s only a woman out in her back yard cooking supper.”