![]() ![]() The townsfolk decide Anna has “corrupted” the girl and hunt her down. The maid is dismissed and leaves town, but the child is taken ill and continues to spit up pins and nails. At first it seems like a good fit, but in October of 1781, she is accused of putting pins in the food and drink of one of the family’s children, a nine-year-old girl who has quarreled with Anna. She accepts a position as a maid for one of Glarus canton’s most powerful families. In 1780 Switzerland, Anna Goeldin, 46, is unmarried, footloose, and attractive. ![]() Written by Evelyn Hassler Mary Bryant (trans.) ![]()
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