![]() ![]() She and William also discuss sending Thomasin to become a servant to the Tildens. Katherine suggests conceding to the Church and returning to the plantation. Alone with William later, Katherine openly questions if Samuel is in Hell and if their family is being punished for their sins. Over dinner, Katherine questions Thomasin about the missing cup, but William and Caleb say nothing of it or what they were really doing in the forest. Thomasin threatens to eat Mercy if she ever tells their parents. To scare her into stopping, Thomasin tells Mercy that she is actually the witch, having signed the Devil’s book after spiriting Samuel away. Mercy annoys her older siblings by pretending to be a witch. William secretly confesses to Caleb that he sold Kate’s heirloom silver cup without her knowledge.Ĭaleb tries to avoid staring at his sister’s bosom as Thomasin washes William’s soiled clothes in the creek. ![]() Unbeknownst to Kate, William takes Caleb hunting, since a rotten harvest and scarcity of livestock has the family wanting for food. Searching the forest yields no sign of the boy, with William reasoning that a wolf took Sam while others wonder if there is truth to the rumor of a witch lurking in the woods. While playing peek-a-boo outside with her baby brother, Thomasin uncovers her eyes to find Samuel inexplicably vanished. The family settles on a small, isolated farm near a dense forest. For disobeying the Church, William is excommunicated from a Puritan plantation in 1630s New England along with his wife Katherine, teenage daughter Thomasin, son Caleb, young twins Mercy and Jonas, and infant son Samuel.
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