'Sure,' said I to myself, 'this creature cannot be a witch, or have any conversation with a spirit, that can inform her what was done with me before I was able to know it myself'; and I looked at her as if I had been frightened; but reflecting that it could not be possible for her to know anything about me, that disorder went off, and I began to be easy, but it was not presently.
«Sûrement, me dis-je, cette créature ne peut être sorcière, et avoir tenu conversation avec un esprit qui pût l'informer de ce que j'étais avant que je fusse capable de le savoir moi-même.» Et je la regardai pleine d'effroi.