This illustration dates to the early 1900s and shows a witch and a lady in the woods. The scene is from Nathaniel Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales and the tale is The Hollow of the Three Hills. The caption reads: When the old woman stirred the kneeling lady she lifted not her head. 'Here has been a sweet hour's spot," said the withered crone, chuckling to herself.

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