Act One Scene Seven Flashcards
PUTNAM I’ll have my men on you, Corey! I’ll -
Enter Reverend John Hale of Beverly.
Pray you, someone take these!
PARRIS Mister Hale! Oh, it’s good to see you again! (helping him) My, they’re heavy!
They must be, they are weighted with authority.
PARRIS Well, you do come prepared!
We shall need hard study, if it comes to tracking down the Old Boy. Rebecca Nurse?
REBECCA Yes, sir. Do you know me?
It‘s strange how I knew you. We have all heard of your great charities in Beverly.
PARRIS Do you know this gentleman?—Mister Thomas Putnam. And his good wife, Ann.
Putnam! I had not expected such distinguished company, sir.
PUTNAM It does not help us today, Mister Hale. We look to you to come to save our child.
Your child ails, too?!
PUTNAM She cannot eat.
Cannot eat! Do you men also have afflicted children?
