Summary

The Meeting – The narrator decides to remain where he is so the 85 friendly-sounding ladies of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children may conduct their meeting in peace. The narrator looks through the folding screen at the ladies, and notices they all appear to be scratching their heads while wearing gloves. The narrator is terrified and faints, believing the women all to be witches.

Frizzled like a Fritter – When the narrator awakens, he discovers that all the women are now quiet and looking toward another beautiful woman in her mid-twenties, with long dark hair and wearing a long black dress and gloves. The woman removes a mask to reveal a hideous, monstrous face. It is the Grand High Witch. She tells everyone to remove their gloves, which reveals long brown claws. She tells everyone to remove their shoes...