Dorothy instantly struggled to free herself from Alizon.
"Oh! do not you strive against me, dear Dorothy," cried Alizon. "Remain with me, or you are lost."
"Hence! off! set me free!" shrieked Dorothy; "you have bewitched me. I heard it this moment."
"Do not believe the false suggestion," cried Alizon.
"It is true," exclaimed all the other witches together. "Alizon has bewitched you, and will kill you. Shake her off—shake her off!"
"Away!" cried Dorothy, mustering all her force. "Away!"
But Alizon was still too strong for her, and, in spite of her efforts at liberation, detained her.
"My patience is wellnigh exhausted," exclaimed the voice.
"Alizon!" cried Mistress Nutter, imploringly.
And again the witches gathered furiously round the two girls.