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La Diablesse is, of course, a female devil. She has one hoofed foot and roams about looking for souls and little children to steal away. In this story, set on a Caribbean island, Granny is rocking a crying baby on a stormy night when a woman seeks shelter on her porch. Eventually, the woman insinuates herself inside the house and asks to hold the crying baby. Granny, who suspects that the beautiful stranger is La Diablesse, refuses three times and holds the crying baby tightly. Eventually, the woman leaves. In the morning, Granny finds muddy prints on the floor -- one human foot and one hoof.