She lifted the latch boldly and walked in when Granny bade.

Granny was curled up on a stool by her fireplace,

and if ever anybody did look like a witch, she did.

She waved her pipe at another stool, and Janet sat down, gazing a little curiously at Granny,

and she had never seen at such close quarters before.

Will I look like that when I am very old, she thought, beholding Granny's wizened, marvellously wrinkly face.

I wonder if anybody will be sorry when you die.

Staring wasn't thought good manners in my time, said Granny.

Then, as Janet blushed crimson under the rebuke, she added,

Keep red like that instead of white, and you won't need no love ointment.

Janet felt a little cold thrill.

How did Granny know what she had come for?

Was she a real witch after all?

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