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[00:00.99]CHAPTER 3 A FAMILY OF WITCHES
[00:07.81]I ran from Malkin Tower,
[00:10.95]down the hill into Newchurch．
[00:14.59]James followed me．
[00:17.58]'I want to go to Read Hall,too,'he said．
[00:24.03]We ran through the trees to Sabden Brook．
[00:29.59]The noise of the river was beautiful in my ears．
[00:35.98]We went along the river to the village of Sabden,
[00:40.43]and then it began to rain．
[00:44.36]Suddenly,we heard the noise of horses behind us．
[00:49.25]We got off the road, and watched the horses．
[00:54.57]It was Roger Nowell with some of his men．
[01:00.04]They saw us, and Mr Nowell stopped．
[01:05.11]'It' s the Device children,' he said．
[01:09.22]' What's your name,child？'
[01:13.02]'My name is Jennet,' I said．
[01:16.54]'We 're going to Read Hall．
[01:19.28]I want to talk to you．'
[01:23.68]Roger Nowell looked at me with his warm brown eyes．
[01:30.77]'Very well,'he said．
[01:34.08]'Come home with me,
[01:36.09]and we can talk．
[01:39.90]'He lifted me up on to his horse,
[01:44.19]and the horse moved quickly
[01:46.21]along the road to the village of Read．
[01:50.47]James ran along behind us．
[01:54.90]Very soon,we arrived at Read Hall．
[02:00.51]The servant opened the door for us,
[02:03.77]and we went into the warm house．
[02:09.20]James came in,too,
[02:11.99]and sat down next to me near the fire．
[02:18.11]Mr Nowell put his black hat down on the table．
[02:23.68]'Bring a hot drink and some food for these children,
[02:28.61]'he told the servant．' They' re cold and hungry．'
[02:36.17]The servant brought bread and hot milk for us,
[02:40.61]and James and I ate hungrily．
[02:44.82]I felt warm and happy in Mr Nowell' s house．
[02:50.48]I wanted to stay there all my life；
[02:54.45]I never wanted to go back to Malkin Tower．
[03:03.04]When we finished eating,
[03:05.43]Mr Nowell looked up from his book．
[03:09.81]'You wanted to talk to me,'
[03:13.96]he said quietly．'Well, I'm listening．'
[03:20.35]I got up ,went across the room and stood in front of Mr Nowell．
[03:29.03]' I'm afraid of my mother,'
[03:33.13]I began．' I'm afraid because
[03:38.20]she' s a witch and she can kill people．'
[03:44.70]The room was quiet．
[03:48.69]Mr Nowell said nothing,
[03:51.71]but his brown eyes were kind．
[03:57.54]'My mother and her friends are at Malkin Tower,'
[04:03.93]I told him．'They want to go to Lancaster Castle and kill the guards．
[04:12.05]They' re going to bring Old Demdike and Alizon home again．'
[04:19.20]Mr Nowell got up and left the room．
[04:26.15]After some time, he came back with two of his friends．
[04:30.37]They all sat down at the table．
[04:34.53]'Jennet, I want you to tell me again about your mother and her friends．'
[04:42.91]'They want to kill the guards at Lancaster Castle
[04:46.99]and bring Old Demdike home to Malkin Tower,'
[04:51.05]I said．Then I began to cry．
[04:57.19]'Den't cry,'Mr Nowell said kindly．
[05:02.65]'We can help you,but we must talk to your brother first．
[05:08.35]James！'he called．
[05:12.21]'Tell me about your mother．
[05:15.28]Is she a witch？'
[05:18.79]' She' s a witch． We' re all witches,'
[05:23.23]James began．' Old Demdike's a witch．
[05:27.55]One night,she went to the church at Newchurch
[05:31.21]and got some teeth from dead bodies there．
[05:35.24]The Devil talked to her and she brought the teeth to Malkin Tower．
[05:40.52]They're under the ground by our door！'
[05:45.94]' Old Demdike' s a witch； we know that,'
[05:50.58] Mr Nowell said．'Tell us about your mother．'
[05:56.86]'Mother' s a witch,' James said．
[06:00.46]' She killed Mr Robinson,from Barley village．
[06:04.14]She made a clay picture,
[06:06.75]and then she broke it,
[06:09.24]and Mr Robinson died a week later．'
[06:14.93]James smiled at Mr Nowell．
[06:18.97]He liked Mr Nowell because
[06:21.29]Mr Nowell didn' t shout at him．
[06:25.25]'And I'm a witch, too！
[06:27.42]I can kill people！'
[06:30.22]'No, James！' I cried．
[06:33.01]' You' re not a witch！
[06:34.88]You don' t kill people！'
[06:37.75]' Yes, I do,'James said angrily．
[06:43.14]His face went red．' My dog,Dandy,
[06:49.02]is the Devil and he killed a man for me．
[06:54.82]I wanted a shirt and Mr Duckworth
[06:59.07]was going to give me one of his old shirts．
[07:02.08]But in the end, he didn' t give it to me and I was very angry．
[07:09.39]I nearly killed Mr Duckworth！
[07:13.81]But I called Dandy,and he killed Mr Duckworth for me！'
[07:22.10]I began to cry．My brother was a witch,too！
[07:29.76]All my family were witches！
[07:34.92]'Don't cry,Jennet,'Mr Nowell said．
[07:39.76]'Someone must take care of you．
[07:43.20]You can stay here at Read Hall with me．'
[07:50.11]When Mr Nowell' s men brought my mother to Read Hall,
[07:55.44]she said nothing at first．
[08:00.36]'Tell us about the pictures of clay,
[08:03.94]'Mr Nowell said．'My men found pictures of clay at Malkin Tower．'
[08:14.80]My mother said nothing．
[08:19.12]'Your mother,Old Demdike,
[08:23.04]is a witch．Your daughter is a witch,'
[08:29.61]Mr Nowell said．'Your son killed Mr Duckworth
[08:35.70]because of shirt．Now,tell us about the clay pictures．'
[08:45.79]My mother said nothing．
[08:50.42]'James told us about Mr Robinson of Barley,
[08:55.29]'Mr Nowell said ．' Did you kill him？'
[09:02.01]Suddenly, my mother' s face went red
[09:05.81]and she began to shout at James．
[09:09.11]'A good son,you are！
[09:10.85]You told this rich man about Jack Robinson of Barley．
[09:15.27]Well, you told the truth．
[09:18.83]I killed him！ I made a clay picture,
[09:24.00]and then I broke it, and a week later he died．
[09:30.87]I killed him because I hated him．'
[09:38.23]She stopped and looked at me ．
[09:42.05]I wanted to run away
[09:44.63]but Mr Nowell's servant stood in front of the door．
[09:49.64]Then my mother laughed． 'Jennet Device,
[09:57.08]witch' s daughter！ You hate us,
[10:00.67]I know that．
[10:02.90]Well, it doesn' t matter because you're right：
[10:08.18]you are different．
[10:10.84]You 're my daughter,
[10:13.22]but you're not the daughter of my husband．
[10:17.82]Your father was a rich man,
[10:21.33]but he never gave me money．
[10:24.76]A witch' s child,he called you．
[10:28.77]And when you were born,
[10:31.00]he never came near me again．
[10:35.48]Jack Robinson learnt the truth about your father．
[10:40.19]He told the villagers of Barley and they called me a bad woman,
[10:47.49]but they didn 't call your father a bad man！
[10:52.06]Nobody in Barley gave me food again,
[10:56.02]because of Jack Robinson．
[10:59.83]I hated him,and so I killed him！'
[11:08.48]The room was very quiet and my mother laughed again．
[11:18.17]My hands felt cold and my face was hot,
[11:24.42]but I didn' t cry．When Mr Device died,
[11:31.57]I cried for days．
[11:35.37]But he was not my father．
[11:39.46]I looked at my mother,
[11:44.18]at her dirty hair and her ugly face,
[11:47.24]at her angry eyes．
[11:51.30]I hated her then,
[11:54.40]and I hated her for many years．