The girls accuse Mary Warren of sending an icy wind. Abigail begins the accusation, saying that "A wind, a cold wind, has come," and she turns her eyes upon Mary, hugging herself as if to stay warm. Mercy Lewis and Susanna Walcott pick up the thread and also feign being cold.
Mary is severely questioned by the judges in this scene. In fact, their questions automatically assume her own guilt, and she feels such terror that she cries out and attempts to run out of the room.
Abigail says that Mary has sent her spirit out as a yellow bird who "want[s] to tear [Abigail's] face." She pretends to see this bird on a beam overhead while the other girls stare up and comment on her "claws" and her wings.
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