Chapters 11 and 12 Summary

Chapter Eleven

Hannah did not want her children gossiping about the accused although they were all anxious to know what happened to them. Franny had been terrified that the "witches" would be after her. Abby told her that, in her opinion, Mistress Osgood was not working with the devil. Grandpappy was coming for dinner. Perhaps he would have news on the fate of the accused ones. Abby was tending to Edward upstairs when she heard Grandpappy's voice. She hurried down but stopped when she saw tears in her mother's eyes, Dorothy's hand was over her mouth and Francis was staring at the floor. Aunt Elizabeth had been accused of being a witch and there was a warrant out for her arrest.

Grandpappy said the girls were seeking revenge against him because he had been speaking out against them, calling them frauds...