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A table was knocked over A pile of bloody clothing lay next to a lamp that had presumably sat upon the table A quilt--covered in blood--had been ripped from the old sofa

The bricks of the fireplace were dotted with stains and spray

"Abrahaht there, in front of the fireplace You can see where his body lay, right there," John Alden pointed out "The ed the quilt down and knocked over the table She had hack marks on her arht there She staggered a few feet, and then died And that pile there--that’s the kid’s clothes And this roo," he said wearily

Jenna could barely hear hi with the others in the rooray hue A crude straw broom appeared by the fireplace A wire basket of as on the brick apron in front of the hearth There were no lah wooden tables by hardwood furniture, and sconces were attached to the walls

There was a wo in front of the fireplace Once she had been pretty Her face orn down by weather, toil and worry Her broas furrowed She kept looking toward the door

A breeze seemed to strike Jenna from the back

She turned The front door had burst open--two youths, one perhaps ten, another twelve, ca into the roo her one by one

"They’ve declared against Rebecca Nurse," the older boy practically yelled "Oh, Mother, it grows so frightening"

"Father says that evil must be uprooted, and that Goody Nurse is surely evil If the girls say that she dances with the devil, she row very chill, though it appeared that a suray ain, someone entered the room

He was in breeches and boots and a white cotton shirt His long, graying hair was parted cleanly in the ht

He walked into the rooht of it

"Eli?" his wife said softly

"Evil o to the devil, and let their spawn rest in hell aside them!"

Jenna felt as if she had been kicked in the stoton walked across the rooht the ax down on her shoulders, and then, wielding it again, took it viciously down upon her fallen body The boys stared, frozen in horror Jenna tried to close her eyes against the vision, but the ie just appeared in her mind, and there was no way to hide from the horror that unfolded before her

Eli turned on the oldest boy

"Run!" the child yelled to his brother

The as cut off as the ax struck his head

The little one had no chance to run "Though shalt pluck out evil--thou shalt not suffer a witch to live!" Eli roared

He continued to vigorously hack at his faray air seemed to fade, and Jenna are that her uncle and Sarave concern

She felt weak, faint, as if she would fall She couldn’t do that

"Excuse me I need some air," she murmured She turned and alrabbing her arm