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See how emaciated she is with fasting and penance . '' Others felt her pulse , and finding that she was not dead , concluded that she was in a trance of holy ecstacy ; whilst others said , `` This old hag is unquestionably a witch , and is no doubt anointed , for saints are never seen in such an indecent condition when they are lost in religious ecstacy ; and among us who know her , she has hitherto had the reputation of a witch rather than a saint . '' Some curious inquirers went so far as to stick pins in her flesh up to the head , yet without ever awaking her . It was not till seven o'clock that she came to herself ; and then finding how she was stuck over with pins , bitten in the heels , and her back flayed by being dragged from her room , and seeing so many eyes intently fixed upon her , she rightly concluded that I had been the cause of her exposure . `` What , you thankless , ignorant , malicious villain , '' she cried , `` is this my reward for the acts I did for your mother and those I intended to do for you ? '' Finding myself in peril of my life under the talons of that ferocious harpy , I shook her off , and seizing her by her wrinkled flank , I worried and dragged her all about the yard , whilst she shrieked for help from the fangs of that evil spirit . At these words , most present believed that I must be one of those fiends who are continually at enmity with good Christians .