The Witch Page #2

- Father showed me the tracks.

- It was a witch!

It was a witch, Mercy.

You speak aright.

Thomasin!

- It was I!

- Liar.

Twas I what stole him.

- I be the witch of the wood.

- Liar! Liar!

I am.

List not to her Mercy.

I am that very witch.

When I sleep my spirit

slips away from...

...my body and dances

naked with The Devil.

- Thats how I signed his book.

- No!

He bade me bring him

an unbaptized babe,

so I stole Sam, and I

gave him to my master.

And Ill make any man or

thing else vanish I like.

No.

Aye. And Ill vanish thee

too if thou displeaseth me.

- Be quiet.

- Mercy, shes but telling fantasies.

Perchance Ill boil and bake

thee since we are lack of food.

- Stop!

- Stop Thomasin.

- Its not true!

- It is, thou thing!

How I crave to sink my

teeth into thy pink flesh.

If ever thou tellst

thy mother of this,

I will witch thee

and thy mother!

- And Jonas too!

- Caleb!

Stop thy tears and

swear thy silence.

I swear it.

You will not tell

Mother nor Father!

- I swear!

- Thomasin, let her alone!

Get away from her Caleb

or shell witch thee!

Why tell Mercy those

horrible fancies?

- Dost thou hate me too?

- It was a wolf stole Sam.

Leave me be.

Go tell Mother and

Father of my wickedness.

- Thomaisn.

- I hate thy pity.

I need it not.

...and forgive us the sins we have

this day committed against thee...

Free us from the shame and torment

which are due unto us for them.

We beseech thee, increase our faith

in the promises of the gospel,

our fear of thy name, and

the hatred of all our sins.

that we may be assured that

thy Holy Spirit dwells in us,

that we might be thy children

in thy love and mercy.

For as we hunger for

this food of our bodies,

so our souls hunger for

the food of eternal life.

Finish soon our days of sin,

and bring us to

everlasting peace...

...through the purifying

blood of thy son,

our Lord and only

Saviour Christ Jesus.

Amen.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Thomasin,

where hast thou put

the silver cup?

Ist not on the shelf?

Nay.

In the six board then.

Taint there neither.

It has been disappeared

for some while.

Didst lose it?

I havent touched it.

Where has it gone then?

I havent touched it.

I have caught thee

trifling with it before.

She says she havent

touched it Katherine.

How thou couldst lose my

fathers silver wine cup...

...in this hovel, I cannot know.

- I have no...

- Peace child, it is gone.

Did a wolf vanish that too?

She havent touched

it Katherine.

What is amiss on this farm?

It is not natural.

Caleb?

Will you read out the chapter

of The Word tonight?

We must find some light

in our darkness.

Tomorrow we will have a

fast day but for our sins.

Thomasin...

Didst not bed them

down before supper?

You must sleep tonight, Kate.

Thou dost remember I love thee?

I do.

List me Kate.

I fear thou lookst too

much upon this affliction.

We must bend our

thoughts towards God,

not ourselves.

He hath never taken

a child from us.

Never a one, Kate.

Who might earn such grace?

We have been ungrateful

of Gods love.

- He hath cursed this family.

- No.

He hath taken us into...

...a very low condition to humble us

and to show us more of his grace.

Was not Christ was led into the

wilderness to be ill met by the devil?

We should neer left

the plantation.

Kate...

- We should never have left.

- That damned church!

There is naught hither.

What need we? Silver Chalices?

How dare you chide me on a cup?

Tis not for vanity that

I am grieved of it.

Katherine, I must tell thee...

- We might have sold it.

- What?

What fool will trade

for our corn?

List me.

Our daughter hath begat the

sign of her womanhood.

Thomasin?

Caleb?

Are yabed?

Mercy?

Jonas?

Shes old enough.

She must leave to

serve another family.

Twas not her fault.

must tell thee Kate...

It was thine for taking

thy family hither.

- This is Godly land.

- Godly?

Our children are being

fostered up like savages.

Kate!

How oft I begged and begged thee

to take Samuel for baptism.

Theyd not baptize

outside the congregation

- Our Sam is in hell!

- Go to.

God save us, Caleb is well.

We must keep him still.

And Thomasin.

That corn is trash.

We cannot back to that church!

- We will starve!

- Peace. Peace.

Youll wake em. Peace.

Ill to the village with the

horse and Thomasin tomorrow.

The Tildens or the Whytings,

they can make use of her.

They are good folk.

Stop. Kate.

We will find food. I know it.

Caleb?

What are you doing?

Go to sleep.

Whats this? Tell me. Now!

- Running away then?

- No.

- Lie not to me.

- I dont.

Then what?

Tell me!

If thou wilt back to sleep,

and keep silent of this,

I promise thee, youll need not

leave to serve the Tildens...

...nor any family else.

Ill be back by midday.

- Let me along with you.

- No.

- Let me along.

- I cannot.

If you don't let

me along with you,

Ill wake mother and

father this instant.

Well?

- Aye but we did!

- Nay.

- We did.

- No.

We had glass windows in England.

We haven't been hither so long

that you can forget that?

- As you like, Thomasin.

- Youve gone mad!

Dost not remember Fowler laying

on the floor in the sun?

- You must!

- Nay.

And where the sun would shine,

would he warm himself.

Remember once he lay

upon the table,

and Father saw him and he saith

we will have him for meat!"

"Kate, Kate! We will

roast this beast.

You must remember that!

I remember that

day, but no glass.

Well...

...it was pretty.

What ist boy?

Burt, calm thee.

Fowler Nay! Fowler!

Stand here with Burt!

Caleb, no!

Ill straight back!

Hes gone mad!

- Thomasin!

- Caleb!

- Thomasin!

- Thomasin!

- Caleb!

- Thomasin!

- Caleb!

- Caleb!

- Thomasin!

- Caleb!

Thomasin!

Thomasin!

Caleb!

Thomasin!

Folwer!

"O God my Lord, I now begin,

O help me and I'll leave my sin."

"For I repentant now shall be,

from evil I will turn to thee."

"None ever shall destroy my faith,

nor do I mind what Satan saith."

"O God my Lord, I now begin,

O help me and I'll leave my sin."

"For I repentant now shall be,

from evil I will turn to thee."

"None ever shall destroy my faith,

nor do I mind what Satan saith."

"O God my Lord, I now begin,

O help me and I'll leave my sin."

Caleb!

- Caleb!

- Father!

Thomasin!

How are you! My girl.

Where is thy brother?

Whats the matter with thee Thomasin?

Whats the matter with thee?

Ill leave at first light and

Ill return not till I find him.

Twould be better to go to the

village and raise up help.

Tis a days ride and

I have not a horse.

There is not time to be lost.

Well, likely you should

have left this morn then.

You have no gun, William, nay,

not even a dog. Be not a fool.

I am a fool to go. There is

none will help this family.

Let me be.

The moon is bright.

Rain bothers me not.

Ill be back in a two day. If

any a man will return with me.

Dont go Father!

- Please you Father, dont go!

- Enough.

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