When I entered Parris' home, I encountered Betty on the bed. She lied there in a deep sleep. According to what I was told, she had recently awoken saying mommy constantly until she returned to he motionless state. Being around Abigail was a challenge within itself. We constantly argued until the group chimed in for a psalm. It was until we said Jesus that Betty woke up again only to cuff her ears and shake her head. It had been pointed out that she couldn't bear the sound of the name Jesus. It was Mrs. Putnam that concluded that Betty couldn't feel nothing but pain when someone said Jesus because she had been bewitched.
The truth of it all shocked me. The devil finally set foot in Salem. One question was buzzing through my mind. Who else would be bewitched in this village? Could Abigail and her friends be? Could my wife be? It was a true sense of panic to me. Beyond the panic, Putnam began asking questions to both Parris and me. Giles Corey even decides to step in and only a great argument about the right thing to do began to brew. I stated that I didn't agree with Parris' ministries and Putnam stated I wasn't a good citizen. It ticked me off greatly. Nothing but anger and dispute was to come of Betty's condition.
When Rebecca Nurse stepped into the parlor, she assured everyone that Betty must be suffering a kind of childish fit. She was the only calm one in the room of angry and violent people. She acted as a light of hope saying that maybe Betty isn't really bewitched and that all of this is a simple misunderstanding. I wish I had enough faith to believe her when she says that. The only truth has yet to reveal itself. Hopefully it does before something terrible happens.
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