Maisey looked pleadingly at Sister Katherine, "They did this to be mean, to make me go away. Look at me!" she said indicating to her torn dress, painted face, and half hacked hair. Wheeling around to face the attackers themselves, she asked "Is what she is saying true?" at once the boys fell silent, finally ceasing with their laughter. their faces dropped and simultaneously, they looked to the floor in shame. unable to lie under the burning glare of sister Katherine's gaze; they nodded their heads in reply. "and why, may I ask, did you feel the need to - er- give Ms.Phantom here a make over?" The smallest of the teenagers, the one who had successfully maimed Maisey's hair, immediately looked up from his shame when asked this question. With hatred in his eyes he spoke directly to the seven year old girl covered in paint before him. " Because she's a filthy witch Is what she is! she's spawned by the devil and sent here from Hell itself, she deserved it she did!" he concluded while spitting at Maisey's feet.
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