In The Crucible, what does Thomas Putnam say about the land dispute between him and Giles Corey?I need a quote of Thomas talking about the land...

This part of the play occurs in Act III, when Giles Corey,
Francis Nurse, John Proctor and a reluctant Mary Warren come to the court to try and put
a stop to the madness that is going on. Giles Corey delivers a paper to Danforth stating
that Putnam prompted his daughter to "cry witchery" on George Jacobs so that he could
seize his land. Actually, throughout this entire scene, the only thing that Putnam says
is "It is a lie", which Giles meets with customary vim and vigour by responding: "A fart
on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say to that!"

Giles Corey
goes on to unfold his case. He states:

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If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his
property - that's law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a
piece. This man is killing his neighbours for his
land!

In addition, Giles
Corey adds:

I
have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on
Jacobs, he said she'd given him a fair gift of
land.

Of course, it is his
reluctance to give the court the name of his informer that gets him into trouble and
leads eventually to his death. Thus, in response to your question, unfortunately Putnam
only says four words, but what is tragic is that he doesn't need to say more - the rules
of the court are stacked against Corey and Proctor and others like them, providing
Putnam with the loopholes he needs to commit his evil crime of getting his daughter to
cry witchery on others for personal gain.