`` If that 's so -- though I ca n't believe it -- we ca n't do anything , '' said the Story Girl drearily . `` Pat must die . '' Cecily began to weep afresh . `` I 'd do anything to save Pat 's life , '' she said . `` I 'd BELIEVE anything . '' `` There 's nothing we can do , '' said Felicity impatiently . `` I suppose , '' sobbed Cecily , `` we might go to Peg Bowen and ask her to forgive Pat and take the spell off him . She might , if we apologized real humble . '' At first we were appalled by the suggestion . We did n't believe that Peg Bowen was a witch . But to go to her -- to seek her out in that mysterious woodland retreat of hers which was invested with all the terrors of the unknown ! And that this suggestion should come from timid Cecily , of all people ! But then , there was poor Pat ! `` Would it do any good ? '' said the Story Girl desperately . `` Even if she did make Pat sick I suppose it would only make her crosser if we went and accused her of bewitching him . Besides , she did n't do anything of the sort . '' But there was some uncertainty in the Story Girl 's voice . `` It would n't do any harm to try , '' said Cecily . `` If she did n't make him sick it wo n't matter if she is cross . ''
`` It wo n't matter XXXXX Pat , but it might to the one who goes to her , '' said Felicity .
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