Anne: Cotton! But I continue to read and continue to learn when I can. Cotton: Would that he had. Could you bring Cotton to my door, to accompany me, with a bouquet in hand, poetry on his lips? Countess Marburg: A belladonna, a flowering nightshade... And must be, for Mercy will now bring the children to me so that we may go on blooming. Countess Marburg: It's nothing short of astonishing... You seized the puritans' heartland from right out underneath them, got them to murder 13 of their own kind to fulfill your Grand Rite, even had the infinite satisfaction of using the odious Increase Mather as your final victim... Well, this would have been an enormous, indeed, unprecedented triumph, but you dared the ultimate... Get back to work. I have a-a question to put to miss Hale, and, um, I ask it in the sight of god and all of Salem's finest. I saved you from her. I was to stay here! John: I hunt. John: Is that why you saved Anne Hale? Mary Sibley indeed has everything she needs to complete what she has begun, but she doesn't know what it is. Mary: While she and her son dine here, you will have the run of her ship. Sebastian: She's a rare bloom. So, young Mather can join his father in Hell. The witch you supposedly killed still lives. There are secrets in that book... There's very little more dangerous than that combination. They're beautiful. Wainwright: Uh, he's not yet dead. [ Both chuckle ]
[ Chuckles ] I've come to walk with you to Mary Sibley's. [ Grunts ]
Tituba: Well, I have no problem with that... As long as they are the right witches.
Plan: A: drastic measures; Q: What does Mary resort to in order to gain valuable information? A: Increase; Q: Whose soul does Mary temporarily bring from Hell? A: her success; Q: What does Mary hope to assure with her political hold over Salem? A: her fate; Q: What could Mary's political move seal? A: Anne Hale; Q: Who learns that getting what she desires comes at a cost? A: Anne; Q: Who is John Alden planning to kill? A: her Witch's tutorial; Q: What is Anne Hale doing? A: her father's Witch book; Q: What is Anne Hale using to learn about Witchcraft? A: others; Q: What does Anne Hale learn she must remain supplicant to in order to continue on her seemingly powerful path? A: their plan; Q: What do the Countess and Sebastian continue to work? A: their enemy's stronghold; Q: Where are the Countess and Sebastian presented with a rare glimpse into? A: Little John; Q: Who is the Countess's son introduced to? A: their cause; Q: What is made stronger by Mercy? A: Wainwright returns; Q: Who returns to Salem? A: light; Q: What does Wainwright's information shed on the town's particular strain of plague? A: their powers; Q: What does Wainwright want to know more about? A: plans; Q: What does Tituba make for John Alden? A: Cotton; Q: Who gets a visit from his father's ghost? A: a surprising visit; Q: What does Cotton get from his father's ghost? Summary: Mary resorts to drastic measures, by temporarily bringing Increase's soul from Hell, in a bid to attain valuable information for use in combating the Countess, and she tries to shore up her political hold over Salem with a move that could either assure her success or seal her fate. As Anne Hale continues her Witch's tutorial through her father's Witch book, she learns that getting what she desires comes at a cost, and that in order to continue on her seemingly powerful path she must still remain supplicant to others. As the Countess and her son, Sebastian, continue to work their plan, they are presented with a rare glimpse into their enemy's stronghold where they are introduced to Little John unexpectedly, and their cause is made stronger by Mercy. Wainwright returns to Salem having gained some measure of information that shed light on the town's particular strain of plague to Mary but reveals that he is willing to join with Mary to know more about their powers. Meanwhile, Tituba makes plans for John Alden, whom she had caught while he was to kill Anne in her sleep, and Cotton gets a surprising visit from his father's ghost.