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Yes, he had been loyal to his friends, but even a wolf is loyal to other wolves.

— Marion L. Starkey The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949)

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Source: Chapter 22, “We Walked in Clouds” (p. 262)
Work: The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials, 1949
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