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« on: February 11, 2013, 07:27:18 PM »
It's fun to speculate. So much of the story is not there, we may as well guess at it ourselves.
You make good points about Joshua not necessarily dismissing witchcraft and therefore letting Trask stay. My thoughts are on the aftermath - Dismissing Trask would cause and fuel scandal in my opinion. Trask staying and destroying or not finding the witch would stop Trask from spreading rumors. Had he been dismissed without resolution Trask would be offended and we know how nasty he can get. If he resolves the issue, then as promised, he would keep it quiet and be on his way (in a perfect world, lol).
If Trask were dismissed it would look like the family had something to hide. We would end up with a 2012 scenario with the townsfolk arriving with torches and pitchforks led by Trask instead of Angelique.