The Verbose Insomniacs

Mrs. Putnam has multiple miscarriages.

The Putnams and the Nurses have a battle over land ownership.

Abigail and Mr. Proctor have an affair.

Mrs. Proctor fired Abigail, and began spreading rumors about her.

Mrs. Putnam requested that Tituba contacted her dead children to find out who murdered them.

Abigail (drinks blood), Betty (dances and becomes comatose), Ruth (helping with death ritual), Mercy Lewis (naked), and Tituba (chanting) perform the ritual in the forest to kill Mrs. Proctor. However, Mrs. Putnam believed they were there to to acquire the knowledge of what had in fact killed her children.

Reverend Parris discovers the girls in the forest dancing, and saw Mercy Lewis running naked (he did not know that it was Mercy).

Betty jumps out the window, and has some odd behavior. Ruth becomes unresponsive, and wanders around like a zombie.

Betty is bedridden. Susanna Walcott delivers Doctor Grigg’s news that her illness is not medical.

Abigail tries to explain what happened in the woods to Reverend Parris. She only tells him that they were dancing, and denied alligations of anyone being naked.

Mr. and Mrs. Putnam come visit to question rumors they’ve heard about Betty. They begin to blame her and Ruth’s strange behaviors on witchcraft.

Soon other townspeople gather around the outside of the house to discuss Betty’s condition as well.

Marry Warren and Mercy Lewis try to convince Abigail to tell the truth about their scheme in the forest. At this time, Betty awakes, and tries to fly away to see her dead mother. Abigail settles Betty back to sleep, and decides which version of the story the girls would tell people.

Mr. Proctor came to visit, and began flirting with Abigail.

People outside the house began saying prayers and singing. Coincidentally, Betty began screaming at the same time, making people run into her room.

Soon, Reverand Hale arrives to help Betty. He examines her, talks to her, and looks through his books for answers.

While interrogating the bystanders, Reverand Hale learns of other possible cases of witchcraft in the community. For instance, Giles Corey's wife hides her stange books, Ruth's odd condition, and Mrs. Putnam's plot to conjure dead spirits.

Due to allegations, Abigail altered her story. While the girls were in the forest, Tituba forced her to drink blood, and there was a frog in the cauldron.

With the blame now on Tituba, she attempted to save herself. Tituba claimed that Sara Good and Mrs. Osburn were seen with the Devil.

As Abigail begins confessing too, Betty awakes, and helps list names aslo seen with the Devil. Together they blame Bridget Bishop, George Jacobs, Mrs. Howe, Martha Bellows, Mrs. Sibber, Alice Barrow, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Bibber, and Mrs. Booth.

Mr. Putnam goes to call the marshall.