but when his wife returned from her next adventure , he showed a little more interest in her doings . for she told him how she and her friends had met in the cottage of one of their number , and how , having heard that the lord bishop of carlisle had some very rare wine in his cellar , they had placed their feet on the crook from which the pot hung , and had pronounced the magic words which they had learned from the elves of lappland . and , lo and behold ! they flew up the chimney like whiffs of smoke , and sailed through the air like little wreathes of cloud , and in less time than it takes to tell they landed at the bishop 's palace at carlisle .
pronounced the magic words which they had learned from the elves of lappland .
how did the witches land at the bishop's palace of carlisle ?
how did the witches land at the bishop's palace of carlisle ?