ABSTRACT
Several of the inhabitants of these parts are the descendants of witches', said the woman in grey, waving her hand in a generous sweep that embraced all the valleys and little streams lying at our feet. She was not at all the sort of person one expected to find upon a mountain summit on a hot afternoon. Clad in a neat suit with a black hat and handbag, and wearing medium-heeled shoes, she had the appearance of a respectable servant of the confidential sort – a lady's maid or companion. 'Of course, there are drawbacks to having witches in the family', said the woman. 'The Squire's lady wife got up a subscription among the local gentry for Granny. They settled her down in a nice new little cottage with lace curtains and everything, and basins of hot soup every day, and free coals and potatoes'.
