Q. Did they only burn the women, when they thought the women were wrong?
A. No, of course not. And it was usually when they suspected the women were right. Then there were the women who were thought to be possessed by what they thought were evil spirits.
Q. They didn't suspect they were right, surely?
A. No, but they were afraid they might be. They were very unsure of themselves and their beliefs. That's when they burned people.
Q. It sounds very wasteful. They must be very careless of their possessions.
A. No, not in the least. I'll explain—
Q. I wish you wouldn't.
A. There, you see? They were just like you—they kept asking me questions and getting more and more enraged when I answered them. So, to shut me up, they tied me to a stake.
Q. You are too interested in your own reactions to things. Tell us about something more constructive—about what you found in other guises. I understand you led an insurrection?
A. If you call throwing an armed robber out of your house an insurrection. The trouble was that on that occasion a lot of my friends thought I was right. That's called conspiracy....