He realizes that the girls story isn’t adding up there for he tries to get to the bottom of things. Close to the end of (act 3 page 239) Hale says “I have signed 72 death warrants; I am a minister of the Lord, and I dare not take a life without there be proof”. This is where he’s beginning to see that the girls are not being truthful. He then starts to come out of this state of shock over witches and you can see the truth of what was really happening in the way he’s portrayed by the author; he believes Proctor when he admits to sleeping with Abby. Most want to believe the girls out of fear of crossing them, and being accused, but John owns up to everything to save his wife and all others that are to be hung. When reverend Parris and Danforth are told about this they panic and accuse John of contempt against the court and witchcraft. Hale does not approve and quits the court because he sees it’s not