A WITCH It was true enough that Stixon now had nothing more to tell, but what he had told already seemed of very great importance, confirming strongly, as it did, the description given me by Jacob Rigg.

And even the butler's concluding words--that I seemed born to hear it all--comforted me like some good omen, and cheered me forward to make them true.

Not that I could, in my sad and dangerous enterprise, always be confident.
Some little spirit I must have had, and some resolve to be faithful, according to the power of a very common mind, admiring but never claiming courage.

For I never did feel in any kind of way any gift of inspiration, or even the fitness of a quick, strong mind for working out deeds of justice.

There were many good ladies in America then, and now there are some in England, perceiving so clearly their own superiority as to run about largely proclaiming it.