By this time in the story, Mary is committed to the lies
she has already participated in. If she admits to the court she has lied all of this
time, and people have hanged for it, then she will surely be sent to jail, and perhaps
killed herself.
To make matters worse, Mary is not a strong
person and she fears Abigail, who has told her flat out of a "pointy reckoning" if any
of the girls should recant their stories. Now she is in a no-win situation where she
risks certain punishment on the one hand, or certain revenge on the other, and as a
frightened young girl, she doesn't know what to do except continue in the lie, even
after she has tried to come clean.
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