In Act 1, despite his daughter's apparent illness, Parris is unwilling to consider that witchcraft could be at fault (even though he saw the girls dancing in the woods) for her strange behavior because he is afraid of what the community will think of him if it gets out. He says to Mr. Putnam, "I pray you, leap not to witchcraft. i know that you -- you least of all Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me. We cannot leap...
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