but we must now continue our story , backtracking to the year 1891 , so that we may focus sharply upon mary beth mayfair , who will carry us into the twentieth century , and who was perhaps the last of the truly powerful mayfair witches we know more about mary beth mayfair than we know about any other mayfair witch since charlotte yet when all the information is examined , mary beth remains a mystery , revealing herself to us in only occasional blinding flashes through the anecdotes of servants and family friends only richard llewellyn gave us a truly intimate portrait , and as we have already seen , richard knew very little about mary beth 's business interests or her occult powers she seems to have fooled him , as she fooled everyone around her , into believing that she was very simply a strong woman , when the truth was far more complex than that .