The doctor was young and handsome. The Witch took his hand and looked deeply into his sad blue eyes.
"It is your wife, isn't it? You worry that she doesn't love you anymore?"
It sounded like a question, but the Witch knew the answer. His wife fell for that boastful artillery sergeant. She had seen the sergeant a few times in the village when stocked on provisions. He was loud and obnoxious, always bragging before a group of lazy drunkards about his successes with women. Not that there were no successes, but doctor's wife?Β She should have known better.
"What is that you seek here?" asked the Witch still holding doctor's hand.
"I want my wife back," he replied quietly, "I hope deep inside she still loves me, but she lusts after another man and cannot help it."
"And you, a doctor, an educated man think I can do some voodoo mumbo jumbo or give you a magic potion for your wife to make her forget her lover? Is that why you are here?"
"Yes," not paying attention to her mockery, the doctor admitted plainly. "Can you do that?"
"I can," said the Witch and her face became serious "but this is going to cost you."
"How much?"
"Perhaps you'd heard that money can't buy love? I'd need more than just money."
"What do you need, Witch?"
"I'll prepare a special potion for your wife, but I need your seed to make it."
"My seed?!"