he made a comment about how womens minds werent meant for such things , and everyone , except mary ann , laughed . she felt her lips would split if she smiled . and those persons fitting our particular definition of witch were of great fascination to me . and it comes in his noise , fast and clear as morning . `` it 's so painful to see this , as painful as everything else . '' i did n't feel comfortable enough with my grandfather to have a talk with him . then i rubbed my nose and snorted . 