Maid of Salem Page #4

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Amen

Brethren,

before we disperse,

I have an announcement

to make.

One that gives me,

personally,

a feeling of great happiness

and satisfaction.

Elder Goode has

set next Wednesday

for the raising

of my new home,

which you, dear people,

have so kindly given me.

Remember, it is more blessed

to give than to receive.

So let no one forget to

bring his or her gift.

Good day,

Goodwife Nurse.

How are you, child?

Very well, thank you.

It"s good to see so

glowing a countenance,

even under a bonnet so...

So sinful.

I"ve asked Miles Corbin

to supper.

Wait and bring

him home with you.

(SHUSHlNG)

Oh, Miles!

(CLEARlNG THROAT)

Good day, Barbara.

Good day.

I"m ready, Miles.

Are you coming?

I cannot go

with you, Susy.

I"ve consented to sup

with the widow Clarke

and Barbara.

I should think

you"d wait for the man

Tituba promised you.

What did she

mean by that?

Oh, she"s just jealous.

Aye, and rightly so.

Mr. Parris.

I was much interested

in your sermon today,

for in Boston last week,

Mr. Cotton Mather told me

two women had

been arrested at

Cape Ann for witchcraft.

Satan"s instruments.

He promised to

keep me informed

of any further outbreak.

There are several here

who could bear questioning.

One, anyway.

Goody Hodgers?

Aye. A witch if

ever there was one.

The judges were

too lenient when she

was accused last year.

She deceived them

with lies.

BlLGE:
Mr. Goode!

Mr. Parris!

Mr. Goode!

I saw him!

I saw him plain.

PARRlS:
Saw whom?

The devil"s own person

in yonder forest.

Drunk again.

No, sir.

And on the Sabbath, too.

No, sir.

I been drinking,

but l"m not drunk now.

But l"m going to be.

I"d sooner see

snakes than devils.

Well, Deborah will

be waiting supper.

I"d best be going, too.

Good day, Mr. Parris.

I"ll go with you, Elder.

"Tis like jelly

I am with fright.

He came right at me!

(SCOFFS)

I tell you, I saw him.

I saw his horns

and his tail.

Have a care, Bilge,

or they"ll arrest you

like they did me.

Did you see him?

They said I did.

You better get

yourself a charm, Bilge.

A charm to keep him away.

Do you know a good one?

Indian beans are good,

worn round the neck.

Or a badger"s claw.

But the surest charm of all

is a necklace, 21 links,

each woven of seven hairs

freshly plucked from

the end of a dog"s tail.

(LAUGHlNG)

Seven hairs freshly plucked

from the end of a dog"s tail.

I"ve been thinking,

Barbara.

Yes?

It was you

Reverend Parris meant

when he rebuked your sex.

I fancy it was.

You"re a bold piece,

Barbara,

(CLEARlNG THROAT)

with your frippery.

What you have need of

is a man of character

to restrain ye.

It"s very kind of you

to concern yourself

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