Meanwhile, Dr. Mather, Pastor Tappau, and one or two others were
exhorting Prudence to reveal, if she could, the name of the person,
the witch, who, by influence over Satan, had subjected the child to
such t*****e as that which they had just witnessed. They bade her
speak in the name of the Lord. She whispered a name in the low
voice of exhaustion. None of the congregation could hear what it
was. But the Pastor Tappau, when he heard it, drew back in dismay,
while Dr. Mather, knowing not to whom the name belonged, cried out,
in a clear, cold voice,
'Know ye one Lois Barclay; for it is she who hath bewitched this
poor child?'
The answer was given rather by action than by word, although a
low murmur went up from many. But all fell back, as far as falling
back in such a crowd was
