Maid of Salem Page #2
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- 1937
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Gallant?
Three hundred of them
against 2,000 soldiers,
and Roger with his
back against the wall,
holding off half a dozen.
Now, now, now,
Uncle, no matter
how magnificent
we were in defeat,
they beat us well,
put us to flight and
confiscated our lands.
But how came you here?
A friendly skipper
brought me
as far as Boston,
the rest of the way
on foot,
through your forests.
Hiding by day,
traveling by night.
With a price on his head
of 1,000.
Do you think it
worth it?
Oh, Roger,
be serious.
There"s scarce a man,
even in this colony,
who wouldn"t give
you up for that sum.
I cannot speak
for others.
As for myself,
I have not seen you.
Good day, sir.
She has not seen me?
What does she mean
by that?
A rebuke, no doubt.
Puritans of this colony
would hardly approve
your speech and manners.
If manners they be.
Oh! She"s forgotten
her basket.
Mistress!
Mistress Barbara,
you forgot your basket.
Oh, thank you, sir.
And I forgot the candles,
and this piece of cake
for Jeremiah.
When will you
come here again?
I bring candles
once each week.
Only once?
But l"m a great reader.
I read far into the night.
We shall have none
by sunrise tomorrow.
I must gather bayberries
before I can make more.
Bayberries?
Then let me help you.
I have an amazing
nose for bayberries.
I track them down
like a hound
upon the trail.
You might be seen.
I could not risk
so valuable a head.
Ah, "tis not my head
that"s in danger now.
Truly, when will l
see you again?
When I bring
more candles.
Uncle, you old miser
of speech.
Why did you not
tell me of her?
To think that
she should find me
like this.
I"m sorry she
found you at all.
What?
Would you ruin my life?
Ruin your life?
I"m trying to
save it, lad.
See that you do.
From now on,
it will be worth
the living.
A razor, a needle
and a bit of mending,
and l"ll soon be myself.
(SlNGlNG) Bid me to live,
and I will live
Thy protectant to be
Or bid me love...
Roger!
Anyone within half a mile
could hear you.
Well, they might ask me
to lead the psalm singing
next Sabbath.
Egad, that"s an idea.
She"d be there of course.
And I sorely need
the comforts of religion.
(SlNGlNG) Bid me to live,
and I will live
And the scripture saith
that Satan shall go
to and fro in the land,
and up and down in it,
as a roaring lion
walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour.
My brethren,
here in this new land,
that ancient prophecy
is being fulfilled.
Satan and his legions
are here.
The power of God
has driven him
from the old world
into this wilderness,
where the ignorant savages
Say you,
""What signs are there
of his presence?""
Where there is
sickness or hurt
there he is.
I bid ye watch!
I bid ye fast!
And pray God to protect us
from the power of Satan.
(SlGHS)
Speaking of Satan,
I also bid ye beware
of the frivolity and
foolishness of women
that bedeck
themselves with ribbons,
curls and lace bonnets.
Thus causing the minds
of men to wander.
I tell you that a female
that will fritter away
her time,
trimming and tricking herself
out in such a fashion,
should be looked upon
as the mere gizzard
of a trifle.
The epitome of nothing
and a very apt prey
for the devil.
We will now sing Psalm 8.
Elder Cheeves
will set the tune.
(SlNGlNG) Oh, Lord,
our God in all the earth
How thy name wondrous great
Who hath thy glorious majesty
Above the heavens set
Out of the mouth
of suckling babes
Thy strength
thou didst ordain
That thou might
still the enemy
And them that thee disdain
(MOUTHlNG)
You, come with me...
(MOUTHlNG) No.
You, come with me...
And hath with glory
crowned him
And comely majesty
Amen
Brethren,
before we disperse,
I have an announcement
to make.
One that gives me,
personally,
and satisfaction.
Elder Goode has
set next Wednesday
for the raising
of my new home,
which you, dear people,
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,
So sinful.
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.
is a necklace, 21 links,
freshly plucked from
the end of a dog"s tail.
(LAUGHlNG)
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
about me, Miles.
I consider it my duty,
for when I marry,
l"m entitled by the colony
to take for myself
a fine piece
of bottom land
with a brook on it,
and I shall have
three horses,
six cows, 10 pigs.
Ten... That seems
an over abundance
of pigs.
Moreover, the Elders
think well of me.
The people in the village
listen when I talk.
One day
I shall be an Elder.
(LAUGHlNG) Oh, Miles.
You laugh too freely,
Barbara.
After marriage,
l"ll not brook
such frivolity.
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