Act 4, Scene 3
Proctor enters, and everyone else but Elizabeth leaves. He is worn out, dirty, and has grown much facial hair. He asks about the child and their other children. She informs him that many have already confessed and that Giles is dead. John asks Elizabeth what she thinks he should do, confess or not.
She says that she wants him to do what he wants to do, but that she also wants him alive. He says that spite keeps him silent. He does not want to lie and confess to being a witch when he knows that he is innocent. She tells him that she knows whatever choice he makes, he is still a good man. She also says that it takes a cold wife for a husband to have an affair. John cannot bear to hear her speak badly about herself.
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