'i do n't speak of witchcraft , ' said the old woman , quite unperturbed by his manner , 'i speak of my daughter-in-law and all her weaknesses and secrets , for who in this town does not know that charlotte was born too soon after the wedding , yet my son was so blind to the charms of this woman , and so adoring of charlotte , and so grateful to deborah for her dowry and so much a fool in all respects ' 'must we speak of it ! '