TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Mercy: Tonight, I shall finish with Isaac. Isaac: She'll kill you if she catches you. This way. Anne: Hathorne came to me today. He demanded I marry him, and if I refuse, he's all but promised to have me examined for witchcraft. Mary: Convince Cotton Mather to marry you. You must take a piece of him and leave a piece of you and offer up something that you love. Petrus: A witch dagger to kill, a moonstone to see, and a medicine bag to be unseen. Von Marburg: Tell the captain to lift anchor, and once he has made his way out of Boston Harbor, I will send a stiff wind to speed our way to Salem. Sebastian: And to Mary Sibley. But I want to taste her. Tituba: Did you never wonder what happened to the witches of the other old lands... what happened to them? Not witch hunters, but her. Mary: I alone will open the gate for our dark lord. 'Tis my accomplishment and none of your own. Von Marburg: Your accomplishment is not only my concern, but my destiny. In your house, I have left a token. Mary: [Breathing heavily] Ugh! [Breathing heavily] Oh! Get the candle! [Grunts] [Breathing heavily] The toad is gone. Tituba: We are losing him, Mary! Mary: Find the toad! Come on, come on. Find the toad! [Toad croaking] George, come on. George. Come on. [Breathing heavily] [Toad screeches] [Breathing heavily] Ash the symbol. [Flames roar] Tituba: [Blows] Mary: [Breathing heavily] Tituba and Mary: Splinter of life, take haste, take hold. Quicken the breath to awaken the soul. [Flames roar] Splinter of life, take haste, take hold. Quicken the breath to awaken the soul. Splinter of life, take haste, take hold. Quicken the breath
SUMMARY:
The Countess Marburg arrives in Salem bearing gifts for the citizenry and advice for Mary. As she plans her next move, her son Sebastian remains preoccupied by less puritanical matters. While Anne Hale reflects both guiltily and gleefully on her recent activities in using witchcraft to sway Cotton's heart, Cotton Mather-fueled by magic, alcohol, or perhaps by true emotion-comes to blows with Hathorne in the way he spoke about Anne. The ensuing battle leads to an outcome that hindered Mary's plans. John Alden pursues his deadly mission and-finding himself seriously weakened by his recent and repeated uses of unfamiliar magic-seeks respite in a familiar place. Meanwhile, Cotton makes a measured confession, two of Salem's most damaged residents continue to find solace in each other, Mercy is visited by Countess Marburg who takes her in, and Mary seeks out help from an unexpected source: Increase Mather.