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WITCHCRAFT: A TRAGEDY.

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WILKIN.

Black man an' fire: hurl! hurl! (Making a noise as before.)

BAWLDY.

Gude saf' us! has tu seen the deil then, bodily?

WILKIN.

Deil, deil!

BAWLDY (shrinking back from him).

Keep me frae scathe! That I should stan' sae near ane that has been wi' Satan himsel! What did tu see forbye?

WILKIN.

Saw? Saw folk.

BAWLDY.

What folk? Auld women?

WILKIN.

Auld women; young women. Saw them a' on fire. Hurl! hurl! hurl!

BAWLDY.

Saw a young woman? Was it Maggy Kirk's crooket daughter?

WILKIN.

Na, joe! young woman.

BAWLDY.

What's her name? What did they ca' her?