"I confess it."
"I have rebuked you for your sinful associations, and the wicked dislike rebuke. The devils said to the Saviour, when he would cast them out, 'Let us alone; we have naught to do with thee.' Everywhere in this life, the sinner says, 'Leave me alone,' yet it is my calling to go forth and snatch brands from the burning. Charles, why will you not denounce the child of that player?"
"She hath done no wrong."
"Do you love her?"
"That is a question you have no right to ask, or expect me to answer."
"I have read it in your heart."
"I have no answer."
"What have you to say in extenuation of your conduct hitherto?"
"Nothing."
"Why did you return to Salem?"