And he was living in that "fair brick house in Green lane," which, years before, he had promised his wife that he would some day build for her to live in.
Lady Mary was a very sweet, nice woman; but she had a will of her own, and never could be persuaded that Sir William's rise in the world was not owing entirely to her having taken pity on him, and married below her station.

And really there was considerable truth in this view of the matter, which she was not inclined to have him forget; and Sir William, being a manly and generous, though at times rather choleric gentleman, generally admitted the truth of her assertion that "she had made him," rather than have any controversy with her about it.

One of the first acts of Sir William on arriving to fill his position as Governor, was to order chains put upon all the alleged witches in the prisons.

In this order might be very plainly traced the hand of his pastor, the Reverend Cotton Mather.

Lady Mary was outraged by such a command.