Utiliser "beldame" dans une phrase

1. But it was not the withered hand of the angry old beldame that fell on the managerial ear, but the envelope itself, the cause of all the trouble, the magic envelope that opened with the blow, scattering the bank-notes, which escaped in a fantastic whirl of giant butterflies

2. “I have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward