Old Black Magic:
It was early morning when the letter was delivered. Helena figured she had a little time until the mob would gather. She assumed it would be before dark when the early comers would start to assemble.
“Sigmund! We have a problem!” She needed to get everything ready to go and pray the ship would be ready to leave. Books in hand, she left the workshop and was pleased to see so much activity going on at once. The ship was being loaded out. Before she found Sigmund, she ran into David.
“Load Bessie into the ship. Things are about to get bad, and this isn’t your fight.”
“What do you mean?”
“A mob will be coming for me, to accuse me of witchcraft. You need to collect Hettie from the house, take a horse and carriage, and leave this place. It will be too dangerous for you. I w
