Abby i may think of you softly from time to time. but i will cut off mmy hand before ill ever reach for you again. wip it out of mind we never touched.

the proter reminds me of the pastor in Georgia that had sex with younger boys and wanted them to stay shut about it.

lechery : pg 1286 lust adultury a change almost as serious as withcraft in that puritan community.

reverend paris is praying now, and though we cannot hear his wwords, a sense of his confusion hangs about him. he mumbles then seems about to weep; then he weeps then prays again buthis daughterdoes not stir on the bed. pg1237



i predicted that Rev PAris daughter is very sick. he is praying for her to get better but she lays still. i also think this because in the begining of the story they said rev paris daughter is lying on the bed inert. something has to be wrong withhe her