Abigail was drinking blood in attempts to kill John Proctor's wife, Elizabeth. This action was an absolutely blatant example of Abigail's participation in "witchcraft." She was drinking a charm made by Tituba to try and kill Goody Proctor in hopes to continue on with the affair and get John Proctor all to herself. Readers discover this through Betty who states: "You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!"
Abigail threatened all the girls by telling them if they spoke the truth about what happened in the forest, then she would kill them. Specifically, she would come to them in "the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you." She confirmed her threatening actions by bringing up the fact that she could easily do something that evil due to the fact that she witnessed Indians kill her own parents while they were sleeping next to her.
The conversation happening among the girls in Act I proves their guilt. Abigail is trying to cover her tracks. She is making sure all the girls know exactly what to admit and what to hide. Mary Warren's fear and worry causes her to bring up actions that did actually happen in the forest, angering Abigail. Betty also brings up things that happened in the forest that night to prove they all did things that made them all guilty.
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