No one visits the lowly hovel, save young boys testing their courage on moon-lit nights. It is regarded as common knowledge that she is a witch, and that she will place a curse upon anyone that dares to cross her.
 
The truth is that the Widow is indeed a witch, or rather a sorceress. Content with her solitude, she disdains the company of her fellow villagers, preferring to wile away her nights in conversation with things beyond the veil. In all of Kingsholm, she alone doesn’t live in fear of the hound.