“-and over until I’d prefer to eat whatever foul substances you stuffed in that pouch than to hear the tale again.” Annie glowered. “Mother was a seer,” Annie finished, rolling her eyes. Slapping a cobweb from her sleeve, she continued, “Ancient knowledge runs in my blood. I’ve lived three of your lifetimes in the mists of these lands.” She swept an arm around her dingy hovel strewn with old books and dried weeds. MacBean’s milky left eye tended to wander. “The simple lad who gnaws rope when his father isnae looking?”
I’d have better luck beggin’ a remedy from Ronnie Cleghorn.” “You havenae the foggiest notion what you’re about. The first time ye wake up naked with a goat, shame on the devil. “It smells like stew cooked in a chamber pot.” “The sage mightn’t have been strong enough. MacBean shook her peppery head and pursed crinkled lips. It doesnae work.” She planted her hands on her hips and nodded toward the silent, pale boy by her side. “I could tuck it betwixt the cheeks of my arse, ye daft crone, and the result would be the same. MacBean’s squint was an accusation of imbecility-one Annie Tulloch did not appreciate.Īnnie tossed the foul linen pouch on the old woman’s table.
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