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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 knohaterson?"

"There is room for you there"

"What can they prove?"

"Pshaw! Is proof needed? Are you not a baggage?"

"I know not"

"A wanton?"

"Ah, you should know that!"

"If it depended upon me, Isoult, I could save you But the Abbot means

to make an example and set a terror up before the evil-doers in this