Act II

                It has been almost a week since the initial discovery of witchcraft in my home. Several advancements have been made since. Betty and Abigail, along with some other girls who listened to Tituba, including Mary Warren and Ruth Putnam, have been organized as witnesses in the court established to deal with the witchcraft occurring in Salem. They have gone to court every day, testifying against several women whom they have accused as witches. I knew that the wicked likes of women like Sarah Good and Tituba were being influenced by something. Now I know that the Devil has occupied the place in their hearts where the Lord should have been! Judge Danforth, the deputy governor of Massachusetts, has been appointed as the presiding judge of these trials. His partner is Judge Hathorne. Other members of the court presiding over the witchcraft trials include Herrick, the marshal of Salem, and Ezekiel Cheever, who has assumed the responsibility as the clerk for the court. After yesterday’s court adjourned for the day, I prodded Reverend Hale as to who was to be questioned next. He revealed that Elizabeth Proctor, Martha Corey, and Rebecca Nurse were next to be questioned. He told me he would visit their homes later in the night to assess their Christian characters. It appeared he did not know there were arrest warrants for the three women he mentioned, but that is unsurprising. Reverend Hale seems like a shifty fellow, and I do not think he knows what he is doing. I heard he was in the middle of his questioning when Herrick and Cheever arrived at Proctor’s house to take away Elizabeth. I was told Proctor raised a ruckus and ripped up the arrest warrant. Proctor’s temper will surely get him into trouble later. Still, amid the Devil’s corruption of Salem, one thing pleases me. My initial worries were unfounded. Instead of ruining my reputation, the discovery of witchcraft has led to others being questioned, the witches being weeded out, and Salem being purified.