the goodman promised ; for it seemed to him just as well that he should know all about his wife 's cantrips . he had not long to wait before he heard of them . for the very next week the moon was new , which is , as everybody knows , the time of all others when witches like to stir abroad ; and on the first night of the new moon his wife vanished . nor did she return till daybreak next morning .
the very next week the moon was new .
why didn't the husband have to wait long before he heard of his wife's stories ?
why didn't the husband have to wait long before he heard of his wife's stories ?