In an early moment of tension, Hepzibah is frightened by the shop bell which she perceives to be "betwitched", becoming fearful that she has "summoned up an evil spirit" (49)-yet we quickly discover that it is simply a sweet little urchin boy wanting to buy gingerbread. ... We are the unreliable narrators of our individual tales, surrounded by circumstances that cannot be fully apprehended, and are widely prone to misinterpret what little evidence we are given....

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