Wintersmith (33 page)

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Er…
Witch Hunting for Dumb People
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A room off a kitchen for washing pans and doing other wet and messy chores. Although Miss Treason had skulls, she did not keep them in the scullery. It would have been quite amusing, though, if she did.

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Kevin and Neville and Trevor.

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Steading: The area of a witch’s daily responsibilities. It may be just one village; it may be the whole world.

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It says something about witches that an old friend and an old enemy could quite often be the same person.

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Hexperiment: to use magic just to see what happens.

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This was reported in the newspapers, and shortly afterward a widow wrote to him saying how much she admired a man who really understood about hygiene. They later were seen walking together, so it’s an ill wind, as they say….

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All witches are a bit odd. It’s best to get your oddness sorted out early.

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Werk…