The witches are firm believers in reincarnation, and they say that 'once a witch always a witch.'

Now, I simply won’t let my friends, the people who trusted me, be bothered and badgered about

The witches do not know the origin of their cult.

Witchcraft is, and was, not... for everyone. Unless you have an attraction to the occult, a sense of wonder, a feeling that you can slip for a few minutes out of the world into the world of faery, it is of no use to you.

If I were to disclose all their rituals, I think that it would be easy to prove that witches are not diabolists but the oaths are solemn and the witches are my friends. I would not want to hurt their feelings. They have secrets which to them are sacred. They have good reason for their secrecy.