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I should like to question
Mister Parris, I bid you be silent! Sit you down mister proctor. You sit there. Mister Cheever, will you go into the court and bring the children here. Mary Warren, how came you to this turnabout? Has Mister Proctor threatened you for this deposition?
No sir
Has he ever threatened you?
No, sir 2
Has he threatened you?
No sir 3
Then you tell me that you sat in my court, callously lying when you knew that people would hang by your evidence? Answer me!
No, sir. I am with god now.
You are with God now.
Aye sir
I will tell you this— you are either lying now, or you were lying in the court, and in either case you have committed perjury and you will go to jail for it. You cannot lightly say you lied, Mary. Do you know that?
Ruth Putnam’s not in the court, sir, nor the other children.
Audition piece
Abigail: No, sir.
Children, a very augur bit will now be turned into your souls until your honesty is proved. Will either of you change your positions now, or do you force me to hard questioning?
I have naught to change, sir. She lies.
You would still go on with this?
Aye sir 2
A poppet were discovered in Mister Proctor’s house, stabbed by a needle. Mary Warren claims that you sat beside her in the court when she made it, and that you saw her make it, and witnessed how she herself stuck her needle into it for safekeeping. What say you to that?
It is a lie, sir.
While you worked for Mister Proctor, did you see poppets in that house?
Your excellency
Mister Cheever.
What may she gain but hard questioning or worse?
You are charging Abigail Williams with a marvellous cool plot to murder, do you understand that?
I do, sir. I believe she means murder.
This child would murder your wife?
In the sight of the congregation she were twice this year put out of this meetin’ house for laughter during prayer.
What’s this? Laughter during…!
