'no , i never did see him none of the sisters saw him but the children saw him and the children told father lafferty i told father lafferty and he was the one that called carlotta mayfair and said , 'you have to take her out of school ' 'now i do n't criticize the priests , no , never but i will say this father lafferty was n't a man you could buy with a big donation to the church , and and he said , 'miss carlotta , you 've got to take her out of school ' 'no use calling up stella by that time everyone knew stella was practicing witchcraft she went down to the french quarter and bought the black candles for her voodoo , and do you know , she was bringing the other mayfairs into it7 yes , she was doing it i heard it a long time after , that she had gone to look for the other cousins who were witches and she had told them all to come up to the house .