THIRTY-ONE
"I told you ghosts don't take orders!" one voice insisted.
"They might. She might have been a really obedient wife in life. How many spirits have you seen?" a second voice reasoned.
"It doesn't matter. She's walking on water. That makes her a ghost, or a witch."
"It's angels that walk on water, you fool! The devil's servants sink!"
"I heard a sailor at Beacon Isle tell the story of a woman who walked on water. She was a witch. She could see into men's souls to decide whether to sink your ship or save you, they said."
"There are good men and bad in every bunch, or on every ship. How'd she know which ships to sink if there were both kinds of men aboard?"
"I don't know – do I look like a witch?"
"You look like the i***t who just ordered a ghost to halt."
"Well, she did,
