Abigail's disappearance makes plain her dishonesty and deceptiveness, something the courts have been unwilling to see up until now. She lies to her uncle, telling him that she'll be spending the night at her friend, Mercy Lewis's, house -- Mercy tells the same lie at her house -- and then Abigail robs her uncle blind. Before boarding a ship, she breaks into Reverend Parris's strongbox, and steals his life's savings. It begins to look as...
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