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1 " The cruellest lies are often told in silence. —Robert Louis Stevenson "
― M.C. Beaton , Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth, #24)
2 " The arrest of Fergus Braid struck the village like a bombshell. Lesley, opening the newspaper the next day, found a photograph of him on the front page and a different story on the inside. highland bobby attacked by armed poachers screamed the headline. There was a photograph of Priscilla "
3 " Ellie lowered her voice dramatically. “She was a black witch. I can still hear her dreadful laughter as I ran away.” Elspeth translated this as—I said something silly and she began to laugh and I was offended. "
4 " Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others. —Oscar Wilde "