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[00:01.21]CHAPTER 4 TRUTH AND LIES
[00:06.69]On the twenty-seventh day of April,
[00:09.57]the guards took my mother and James to Lancaster Castle,
[00:15.49]and my life at Read Hall began．
[00:20.17]Suddenly,it was spring．
[00:23.09]The sky was blue and there were beautiful flowers on the hills．
[00:29.66]From Read Hall,Pendle Hill looked different ：
[00:34.64]it looked smaller, and it was not so important in my life．
[00:41.79]Sometimes I walked along Sabden Brook to Sabden,
[00:47.62]and then to Newchurch,
[00:49.71]and I felt happy to be near Pendle Hill again．
[00:55.26]But I never visited Malkin Tower again．
[01:01.22]Spring changed into summer,
[01:04.47]and in August I went to Lancaster with Mr Nowell．
[01:09.89]Lancaster was thirty miles from Read Hall,
[01:14.43]and I got very tired because I sat on a horse for hours．
[01:21.23]It was a big, noisy town．
[01:24.70]I never saw so many people before in my life and I felt afraid．
[01:33.85]The trial of the witches of Pendle
[01:36.99]began at Lancaster Castle on the eighteenth day of August,
[01:42.92]and the judge was an important man from London．
[01:48.19]Judge Bromley listened to many people on that day,
[01:53.11]because there were a lot of witches from Lancashire in the prison．
[01:59.14]Old Demdike was not there because she died in May,
[02:04.40]before the judge arrived．
[02:09.16]I waited with Mr Nowell' s servant,
[02:12.98]and when a guard called my name,
[02:16.44]I went through a big door and saw the judge behind a table．
[02:23.13]Judge Bromley was rich and important,
[02:28.42]but his eyes were cold．
[02:32.54]Suddenly, I saw my mother！
[02:37.30]She was dirty and very thin．
[02:42.61]When she saw me,her face went red．
[02:48.55]My hair was clean now,
[02:50.78]and I wore shoes and an expensive dress．
[02:56.23]I saw my mother' s eyes：
[02:59.98]she hated me！
[03:03.87]'Are you a witch？'Judge Bromley asked my mother．
[03:10.44]'No, I 'm not,'my mother answered angrily．
[03:16.41]'Did you kill Jack Robinson,of Barley village？'
[03:22.86]' No, I did not．'
[03:26.42]'Jennet Device is here,' a voice said quietly．
[03:32.14]It was Mr Nowell．
[03:34.97]'She can tell us the truth about her mother．'
[03:41.05]For a minute, my mother did not move．
[03:46.77]Then she ran across the room and shouted at me．
[03:52.29]'You know nothing, you bad child！
[03:56.86]And I'm your mother！Don' t forget that！'
[04:02.68]The guards ran after my mother and pulled her to the floor．
[04:08.18]' I'm no witch！'my mother shouted．
[04:12.98]' It' s all lies！ Jennet,you' re a witch
[04:18.62]a child of the Devil！
[04:21.25]You' re my daughter,and I know！'
[04:28.30]I was afraid and I put my hands over my eyes．
[04:34.10]I didn't want to see my mother' s ugly face．
[04:39.62]The guards pulled my mother out of the room and the noise stopped．
[04:46.72]'Jennet Device,'the judge said．
[04:50.80]'Tell us the truth about your mother．'
[04:57.04]Roger Nowell lifted me up
[05:00.49]and put me on a table in front of the judge．
[05:05.58]'My mother is a witch,'
[05:08.75]I began．'She has a friend,
[05:13.09]a dog called Ball．
[05:16.73]When she wants to kill somebody,
[05:19.11]she tells Ball…'I talked and talked；
[05:26.26]I told the judge everything．
[05:31.83]Judge Bromley listened carefully．
[05:35.94]'My child,is this the truth？'
[05:40.55]'Yes,'I answered．
[05:43.88]'I'm telling you the truth．'
[05:49.45]The guards brought my mother back into the room again．
[05:53.89]Her face looked tired and her eyes were red．
[06:00.05]'Elizabeth Device,your daughter told us about your dog,Ball．
[06:07.68]Your son, too,
[06:09.54]told us about the clay pictures．
[06:13.20]We know everything．'
[06:18.95]My mother said nothing．
[06:22.02]She didn't look at the judge and she didn' t look at me．
[06:29.36]Next, the guards brought my brother James into the room．
[06:35.93]When I saw James,I wanted to cry．
[06:41.22]James was thin and dirty and his hair was very long．
[06:49.97]He looked at the judge and at all the rich
[06:53.26]and important men in the room and he began to cry．
[07:00.20]Then he sat down on the floor．
[07:03.87]'Stand up,James Device,'
[07:06.56]Judge Bromley said．
[07:09.95]The guards pulled James up,
[07:12.71]but he fell to the floor again．
[07:15.97]'You killed Mr Duckworth,'
[07:19.30]Judge Bromley said．
[07:22.00]'I wanted a shirt,'James cried．
[07:28.60]'Is your brother a witch？'
[07:31.43]Judge Bromley asked me．
[07:35.00]' Yes,' I said． My brother sat on the floor,
[07:41.30]his mouth open．
[07:44.63]He looked at me,but he didn't know me．
[07:50.51]I was clean,and fat because of all the good food at Read Hall．
[07:57.23]'James told me about his friend,Dandy,'
[08:01.61]I began．'Dandy was the Devil and-'
[08:05.70]James heard the name Dandy,
[08:08.62]and he began to cry again．
[08:11.60]'I want Dandy！I want to go home！'
[08:17.97]The guards pulled him up from the floor
[08:20.92]and took him out of the room．
[08:23.80]I never saw my brother again．
[08:30.55]When the guards brought my sister Alizon
[08:34.74]in front of the judge, I said nothing．
[08:38.49]John Law,the pedlar,came into the room.
[08:44.13]He was a thin man now．
[08:47.06]He walked slowly and he talked slowly and his face looked ill.
[08:56.35]He told the judge about that day near Colne
[08:59.68]when Alizon cursed him and her dog ran after him．
[09:05.55]'I'm sorry！' Alizon said．
[09:08.91]' I was angry with you that day,
[09:10.76]but I'm sorry now．'
[09:14.00]Alizon 's eyes were dark and afraid,
[09:19.36]but she had no friends in that room
[09:22.56]and nobody wanted to listen to her．
[09:27.65]Then Mr Nowell took me out
[09:31.05]and I waited with his servant in a different room．
[09:36.22]An hour later,
[09:38.32]there was the noise of many people shouting and crying．
[09:43.54]The servant smiled．
[09:46.44]'The trial is finished,'
[09:48.89]he said 'You' re a good child Jennet．
[09:52.81]You told the judge the truth about the Witches．'
[09:58.66]Mr Nowell took me home to Read Hall．
[10:03.19]And on the twentieth day of August 1612,
[10:08.27]the guards took my mother,
[10:10.96]my sister and my brother out of prison ,
[10:16.89]and hanged them in front of Lancaster Castle．
[10:24.48]And so I lost my family．
[10:31.99]When I was a child,
[10:34.64]I wanted to be happy．
[10:38.08]I wanted to be warm,
[10:40.39]to wear shoes, to eat good food．
[10:45.43]I wanted someone to take care of me．That's all．
[10:51.74]My mother gave me nothing．
[10:54.71]She gave me no love．
[10:57.28]She never took care of me．
[11:00.72]Because my mother was a witch,
[11:03.96]my father ran away and I never knew him．
[11:10.63]My father was a rich man without a name,
[11:14.54]and I lived hungry and cold with a witch．
[11:22.44]And so I told Judge Bromley the truth about my family．
[11:28.99]Was I wrong？I don't know．
[11:35.94]I was happy for years at Read Hall．
[11:39.55]For twenty-one years, I forgot my family.
[11:44.62]I learned to cook for the Nowell family；
[11:47.99]I worked many hours every day but I was warm
[11:52.46]and I ate good food．
[11:55.86]Every Sunday,in my best dress,I went to church；
[12:02.24]every summer I walked over Pendle Hill．
[12:07.66]I never thought about my family,
[12:10.63]because I was happy at Read Hall．
[12:16.65]In August 1612,
[12:20.29]the guards hanged my family in front of Lancaster Castle．
[12:26.22]But their dead faces waited for me there；
[12:32.09]and a year ago, in 1633,
[12:37.19]when the guards put me in the prison in Lancaster Castle,
[12:42.33]I met them again．
[12:46.22]Day after day, I see their ugly,
[12:50.07]dead faces and hear their cold, angry voices．
[12:58.85]I think of them all the time．
[13:04.88]God is with me here,in prison．
[13:07.53]I believe that．
[13:10.21]But my dead family is with me too．
[13:16.46]Mr Webster,from the church at Kildwick,
[13:22.06]visits me again．
[13:23.37]His blue eyes are tired,but he smiles at me．
[13:30.58]'Edmund Robinson and his father told the truth in London, '
[13:36.67]he says quietly．
[13:39.16]' The child told lies about you because he was afraid of his father．
[13:45.43]He wanted his father to love him．'
[13:50.50]I say nothing． Mr Webster wants to be kind,
[13:57.44]but he cannot help me．
[14:00.82]Mr Nowell cannot help me because he is dead．
[14:07.11]Edmund Robinson is only a child；
[14:11.05]he tells lies one day,
[14:13.42]and the truth the next day．
[14:17.16]but the truth cannot help me．
[14:21.14]What can I do against hate ,and lies？
[14:27.99]When Mr Nowell was alive,
[14:30.72]the Villagers didn't talk about me．
[14:34.52]But when Mr Nowell died,the lies began．
[14:40.49]The villagers are all afraid of me
[14:44.06]because my name is Device．
[14:47.18]They hate me
[14:49.71]because my name is Device．
[14:53.92]They say I am a witch
[14:57.38]because my name is Device．
[15:02.22]I come from a family of witches,
[15:05.46]but I am not a witch．
[15:09.73]Nobody died because I cursed them．
[15:13.40]I never made clay pictures,
[15:17.13]I never had a cat or dog．
[15:21.81]I only wanted to live quietly at Read Hall
[15:27.14]and watch the changing skies over Pendle Hill．
[15:34.30]When I was a child,
[15:36.33]I was always cold and hungry,
[15:40.18]and I hated my family because they were witches．
[15:45.45]In 1612, I told the truth,
[15:50.19]and the truth killed my family．
[15:54.62]Now, twenty－two years later,
[15:59.39]lies are going to kill me,
[16:02.48]here in Lancaster Castle,
[16:06.64]and I am cold and hungry again．
[16:13.89]Mr Webster gives me bread,
[16:17.39]and I go back into the prison．
[16:20.44]I can never go back to Read Hall；
[16:23.74]I know that now．
[16:26.79]I must stay here in Lancaster Castle,
[16:30.60]with my dead family．
[16:34.30]They are watching me,
[16:36.64]and waiting for me．
[16:39.69]I can never be free of them．
[16:44.97]This is my true story；
[16:47.40]and I want to finish it now．