![]() On arriving home, Thomas finds all the sheep on the farm dead or dying, his father struck down by apoplexy, and Chrissa in jail on the basis of Esther’s accusation of witchcraft. But Esther hints that Chrissa may have bewitched him. Hard for Thomas to believe since his father is a staunch Puritan with impeccable morals – not at all the type to fall into the clutches of a seductress. Esther has written that their father has fallen under the influence of a girl he had taken in as a maid – Chrissa Moore. Thomas Treadwater has been injured and is temporarily unfit for fighting, so when he receives a worrying letter from his sister he makes for home. ![]() It’s 1643, and England is in the midst of Civil War. ![]()
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