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He walked to her, taking her into his arry," he told her

"Yes," she h, of course…allto hed and stepped away "Got another robe?"

There wasn’tsubstantial fros Sam found a takeout menu from a pizza restaurant that delivered as late as two in the h for a salad, which they had just ether when the pizza arrived They sat at the kitchen table with a bottle of sauvignon and their food, and Jenna found that she couldn’t help but bring up the case again

"I feel we have the answer, as if we’re looking right at it," she said

"So far, we know that a nuod, and that they probably do so because the teaching facilities use that likeness to shohy the Puritans were easily led to believe that Celtic religions and paganis rid of Calvinism--by anyfundah that there was a devil, and, at first, that those eren’t good churchgoers ht easily dance with the devil Midwives and healers were always the first suspects"

Jenna druers on the table "Yes, but Rebecca Nurse was accused by the girls, and she did hang, and she was an extre his fork at her "There were two main families who held the ainst money It was the Porters and the Putnam family Okay, they were a little messed up and inbred by then, but it seemed that each section of the families had to side with one of the fa out the accusations--Rebecca Nurse was on the Porter side

"It all started with Tituba, the slave fro tales Tituba was different"

"As Malachi is different"

"Yes, but I guarantee you, John Alden--andto let people run around crying, Witch!"

Jenna shook her head "No, buttonight that children listen to their parents Okay, maybe not when the parents want them to, but they definitely listen to adult conversation The Smith family was disliked Many people felt sorry for Malachi--they hated his father But the family itself was hated So, that made Malachi different Then there was the incident with David Yates Okay, logically--and yes, I believe this-- David was afraid in his own irls twitching and crawling around the floor and speaking in so-called tongues They were afraid Tituba told the girls stories David had been cruel to Malachi, and he’d heard that the faree It’s a sound correlation But here’s the thing I believe, and if you’re right about thea costume, the murders ell planned, as well And if that’s the case, they ell planned to o along with hysteria," Saested

"And the past," Sahtfully He s, so they were using prejudices that were already there to accomplish what they wanted"

"But who--and what do they want?" Jenna asked thoughtfully

"The diamond answer," Saet to see David Yates, and I have to find a way to talk to Joshua Abbott We have to get therinned "I’ot to tell you I went and had my tarot cards read yesterday"

"Okay?"

"I went by A Little Bit of Magic I spoke to Ivy and Cecilia, and saw another old friend, non as Merlin Anyway, they said he had coave you a reading?"

"Yes, but she already kneho I was"

"Really--why bother with the reading? And what did she say?"

"She said that she didn’t kill anybody over a house, basically She’s interesting And she had an alibi--as far as killing the Siving tarot readings when they were killed"

"I shouldI mean, very theatrical But she admits it’s all an act I think she’s entirely different when she’s not being Mada" He paused asoftly "Then I think that we have to go back to the ton House?" Jenna asked She felt as if her skin craith the thought of it She wasn’t afraid of the house, she told herself The house was a shell

A shell that had witnessed terrible cruelty and violence

"If you can," he said He set his hand on hers "Jenna, I don’t want you to do anything that hurts you in any way I still don’t knohat I believe, but you were practically bleach-white the last time ere in there, and…"

"It’s what I do," she told hiht"

"You’re certain?"

"Of course You’ll be there, too"

He stood up, finishing the last swig of his wine "We do need to get so for her hand