Unless, then, Mrs.Hampson and Priscilla fabled, it is difficult to see how Emma could move objects when she was "standing at some considerable distance, standing, in fact, in quite another farm".
Similar evidence was given and signed by Miss Maddox, the schoolmistress, and Mr.and Mrs.Lea.

On the other hand Mrs.Hampson and Priscilla believed that Emma managed the fire-raising herself.
The flames were "very high and white, and the articles were very little singed".

This occurred also at Rerrick, in 1696, but Mr.
Hughes attributes it to Emma's use of paraffin, which does not apply to the Rerrick case.

Paraffin smells a good deal--nothing is said about a smell of paraffin.
Only one thing is certain: Emma was at last caught in a cheat.

This discredits her, but a man who cheats at cards _may_ hold a good hand by accident.