And Cotton will need your help. And he may run with him to the ends of the earth, but the seed is already in the boy. Anne: It's going to be fine. At her behest, I murdered my own father. Cotton: What? Countess Marburg: An exorcism? Get him as far away as you can. It seems to stand still. John: Think of a vast wall of water the size of a mountain and a roar like nothing you can imagine. Little John. Mary: He and John Alden are with my son somewhere in the woods keeping him from Marburg's clutches. Mary: I'm sorry, Countess, but, unlike you, I could never find the death of my own son a triumph. Mary: Isaac, old friend, speak to me. Mine... and John Alden's. Must be the Indians, or the French... Or the witches... Or even my Dollie. Now, I am talking to the thing inside of little John. Oh, she lied to you, as she has many, many times before. Or I was in hers. Sebastian: Your battle is over and lost, your son soon in my mother's hands, and your woman soon in mine. Try and say them for me.
Plan: A: John Alden's; Q: Whose Indian friends are the Countess and her son moving against? A: Mary; Q: Who suffers under the yoke of Puritan oppression? A: the Marburgs; Q: Who is Mary's powerful enemy in Salem? A: Salem; Q: What city is the Marburgs' alliance with? A: a widening schism; Q: What does Mary try to take advantage of between mother and son? A: new information; Q: What must John and Cotton process as they proceed with their exorcism of Little John? A: strength; Q: What do John and Cotton need to gather to help them in their exorcism of Little John? A: sorrow; Q: Isaac is wracked with guilt and what emotion over Dollie's death? A: a mournful Isaac; Q: Who pays a surprise visit to a town gathering? A: an already somber town gathering; Q: Isaac pays a surprise visit to what? A: Anne Hale; Q: Who finds the fate of many may rest in her novice-but-powerful-Witch's hands? A: the first glimpses; Q: What do John and Cotton get of the enemy they are facing? Summary: As the Countess and her son move against John Alden's Indian friends, Mary suffers under the yoke of Puritan oppression stemming from an alliance between the Marburgs and another of Mary's powerful enemies in Salem. But even as she seems to be at her most hopeless, Mary tries to take advantage of a widening schism between mother and son. As John and Cotton proceed with their exorcism of Little John, each must process new information and gather strength to aid them in what lies ahead. Meanwhile, wracked with guilt and sorrow over Dollie's death, a mournful Isaac pays a surprise visit to an already somber town gathering, Anne Hale finds the fate of many may rest in her novice-but powerful-Witch's hands, and John and Cotton get the first glimpses of the enemy they are facing within Little John.