They said an old woman might be very glad to make herself look like a young one, but who ever heard of a young and beautiful one making herself look old and ugly?
Peter asked why they were so much more ready to believe the bad that was said of her than the good.

They answered, because she was bad.

He asked why they believed her to be bad, and they answered, because she did bad things.

When he asked how they knew that, they said, because she was a bad creature.

Even if they didn't know it, they said, a woman like that was so much more likely to be bad than good.