Regret

Parris: My niece, sir, my niece – I believe she has vanished.
Danforth: Vanished!
…Parris: My daughter tells me how she heard them speaking of ships last week.
Looking back, it was my fault. All of it. I told the other girls to dance in the woods. I lied to Uncle when I said that all we did was dance. I made the others lie with me. I accused all those in Salem I did not like. I lied to the Court when I screamed and fainted. I accused Goody Proctor. I am the reason for the trouble in Salem. And in Andover. Now, because of me, the man I love will die. So, now I am running away. I did not mean for it to get this far. I really didn’t. It started as excitement. Just having fun dancing in the woods. But it got out of control. I cannot fix what I have done to Goody Nurse, John Proctor, or Giles and Martha Corey. Good people are dead or about to die because of me. It is too late for me to tell the truth. All I can do is leave all of the trouble behind me and start a new life somewhere else. Somewhere I can forget everything… But I won’t. John Proctor will die in three days, and there is nothing I can do. I love him, yet I have killed him. It is my fault, and I will always remember that. No matter what I do, no matter where I go, this will always stay with me.