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<h2>THE WITCH</h2>
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<p>A Witch professed to be able to avert the anger of the gods by
means of charms, of which she alone possessed the secret; and she
drove a brisk trade, and made a fat livelihood out of it. But
certain persons accused her of black magic and carried her before
the judges, and demanded that she should be put to death for
dealings with the Devil. She was found guilty and condemned to
death: and one of the judges said to her as she was leaving the
dock, "You say you can avert the anger of the gods. How comes it,
then, that you have failed to disarm the enmity of men?"</p>
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