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Dulcibel

CHAPTER III
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In fact, it was not considered at that time degrading in country neighborhoods--perhaps it is not so now in many places--for the sons and daughters of men of respectability, and even of property, to occupy the position of "help" or servant, eating at the same table with, and being considered members of the family.

In the case before us, Mercy Lewis, Mary Warren and Sarah Churchhill seem to have been among the most active and influential members of the party.

Though Abigail Williams, the minister's niece, and Ann Putnam, only eleven and twelve years of age respectively, proved themselves capable of an immense deal of mischief.
What the proceedings of these young women actually were, neither tradition nor any records that I have met with, informs us; but the result was even worse than could have been expected.

By the close of the winter they had managed to get their nervous systems, their imaginations, and their minds and hearts, into a most dreadful condition.

If they had regularly sold themselves to be the servants of the Evil One, as was then universally believed to be possible--and which may really be possible, for anything I know to the contrary--their condition could hardly have been worse than it was.


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