Being born a witch's daughter did not bode well for your future in the Middle Ages. Guillaumette tries to stay on the straight and narrow with a little help from a priest she visits ,She works as a servant and sets her heart on the son of the house ,while her master woos her assiduously.The young man commits suicide but she marries the latter.On the very night of her wedding,the infamous girl leaves the conjugal bed - one must notice that her husband could easily be her grandfather- to attend (and take part in) a Sabbath.