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The Crucible Summary Chapter 1

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WILLIAM stood in the doorway watching Catherine, Susan, Mary, and Annaliese’s mother bundle James and Annaliese. The women slowly and methodically sewed the couple into separate bundles. In the morning, Mary and Annaliese’s mother would inspect the bundles to make sure that the soon-to-be husband and wife hadn’t torn open the seams. If they did, they would put their relationship at risk; Mary would call off the wedding if she determined that her prospective daughter-in-law was a harlot willing to succumb to lust outside of wedlock.
The month of July had been blisteringly hot. William felt sorry for James and Annaliese. Even though they were sewn into light cotton sheets instead of the normal wool blankets, they would unquestionably spend the …show more content…

“Well,” William said. “Make sure you keep them in a good hiding place, or burn them after you read ‘em. We don’t want your mother finding out.”
“Thank you. I love you, Daddy.”
“I love you, too. Goodnight sweetheart.”
William kissed Susan on the forehead and walked downstairs to the kitchen to pour himself a nightcap. William poured whiskey over ice in a rocks glass, and prepared to adjourn to the family room to read when there was a knock on the farmhouse door. William opened the door and found Crocco standing on the front porch.
“I’m sorry to bother you at this time of night,” Crocco said. “There’s a lady asking for you at the front gate. She’s says she knows you.”
“I’m not expecting anyone. It’s probably just a vagrant or beggar dropping my name. Send her packing,” William said.
“We tried. But she seems to know an awful lot about you. Says her name it Tabitha Couture.”
The rocks glass slipped from William’s hand and shattered on the front porch.
“You alright, sir?” Crocco asked.
“Where is …show more content…

William arrived at the front gate and found two men and a woman standing outside the fence. The men wore black Kevlar vests and carried assault rifles. Three farmhands watched the men carefully. William suspected that if a firefight broke out the men outside the fence would gun down the farmhands with relative ease. All the men held assault rifles, but the strangers held their weapons differently. The men outside the gate wore their gun straps tight across their shoulders and chest, which would make it easier to shoot and move at the same time if a fight broke out. This contrasted with the farmhands, who held their rifles haphazardly across their stomachs. The strange men were clearly seasoned ex-special forces soldiers; William suspected Army Rangers or Delta Force.
William opened the front gate and stepped outside the fence. A woman in a hooded sweatshirt carrying something in her arms stepped forward from between the soldiers. The soldiers watched closely as she approached William.
“Hello, William,” Tabitha said, pulling back the hood. Tabitha adjusted the bundle in her arms, and William saw she was holding an infant.
“Tabitha, is it really

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