Proctor has committed adultery with Abigail and Francis Nurse does not believe it when Proctor admits this. When Proctor says that he wishes Francis had some evil in him so that he might understand, he is essentially saying that only someone who has committed an immoral act can know the feeling that follows - the shame, the guilt, the desire to hide one's crime and to recompense for it.
Proctor is also saying that he believes Francis Nurse...
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