Chapters 13 and 14 Summary

Chapter Thirteen

Francis was allowed to accompany his daughters into the prison. Abby stood up tall and proud and entered the foul smelling prison hall. Dorothy was overcome by the odor and could not stop coughing. Francis told the jailer he would pay for their comfort and wanted them to be lodged with Elizabeth. The jailer led them down the prison stairs to a lower level where the stench was even worse. The moans of the prisoners as they passed by the cells was frightening. Prisoners stood in crowded cells with no room to sit or lie. All witches were chained, the jailer told them.

They stopped at a cell where a dark figure emerged from the back. It was Elizabeth but she was unrecognizable. Her hair was filthy and hung in strands, she was thin and wasted and her eyes...