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She said, by way of excuse, that she had been praying, then she shut the door behind them. The great lady sat down on a straw-covered chair and began to weep. The old woman crouched down upon a stool and cleansed some mushrooms which she held in her lap. "Dame Magdolna, can you not help my son?" sobbed Mrs. Széphalmi. "No." "I will give all I have to whomsoever can cure him.
In the little hut, on the reed-thatched roof of which the screech-owl now lays its eggs, dwelt thirty years ago, a crazy old woman, they called her Magdolna.
She had made her tell her her fortune by means of cards, predict the future, brew potions for her which would make her husband faithful, teach her spells which would cause flies and other vermin to vanish, to concoct balsamic cakes to keep the skin white in fact, she hung upon every word the old crone uttered. Magdolna kept her waiting for a long time in the yard before she opened the door.
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