Note 4 — The Witch in the Well

‘That is well,’ cried the little white dog. ‘You will not seek her help in vain, I am sure, especially if you tell her the witch’s little white dog Pincher sent you. Now I must be off, for the old witch is up on her broom, and if she should happen to see us talking together, her horrid old cat would sclow4 our eyes out. Good-bye, dear little Betty, and give thee favour in the sight of the Wise Woman’; and with another wag of his tail he vanished.