A NIGHT INTERVIEW 139

XXII THE REVEREND MASTER PARRIS EXORCISES "LITTLE WITCH" 149

XXIII MASTER RAYMOND ALSO COMPLAINS OF AN "EVIL HAND" 162

XXIV MASTER RAYMOND'S LITTLE PLAN BLOCKED 166

XXV CAPTAIN ALDEN BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES 172

XXVI CONSIDERING NEW PLANS 180

XXVII THE DISSIMULATION OF MASTER RAYMOND 188

XXVIII THE CRUEL DOINGS OF THE SPECIAL COURT 192

XXIX DULCIBEL'S LIFE IN PRISON 199

XXX EIGHT LEGAL MURDERS ON WITCH HILL 205

XXXI A NEW PLAN OF ESCAPE 214

XXXII WHY THE PLAN FAILED 221

XXXIII MISTRESS ANN PUTNAM'S FAIR WARNING 230

XXXIV MASTER RAYMOND GOES AGAIN TO BOSTON 237

XXXV CAPTAIN TOLLEY AND THE STORM KING 244

XXXVI SIR WILLIAM PHIPS AND LADY MARY 252

XXXVII THE FIRST RATTLE OF THE RATTLESNAKE 262

XXXVIII CONFLICTING CURRENTS IN BOSTON 269

XXXIX THE RATTLESNAKE MAKES A SPRING 273

XL AN INTERVIEW WITH LADY MARY 280

XLI MASTER RAYMOND IS ARRESTED FOR WITCHCRAFT 287

XLII MASTER RAYMOND ASTONISHES THE MAGISTRATES 293

XLIII WHY THOMAS PUTNAM WENT TO IPSWICH 303

XLIV HOW MASTER JOSEPH CIRCUMVENTED MISTRESS ANN 309

XLV THE TWO PLOTTERS CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER 330

XLVI MISTRESS ANN'S OPINION OF THE MATTER 336

XLVII MASTER RAYMOND VISITS LADY MARY 343

XLVIII CAPTAIN TOLLEY'S PROPOSITIONS 351

XLIX MASTER RAYMOND CONFOUNDS MASTER COTTON MATHER 355

L BRINGING AFFAIRS TO A CRISIS 366

LI LADY MARY'S COUP D'ETAT 371

LII AN UNWILLING PARSON 385

LIII THE WEDDING TRIP AND WHERE THEN 394

LIV SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS 397

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