"Oh really? So did my family. They fled the witch trials and founded New Salem not far away. In fact, the whole town is decended from those twelve families and their servants."
Which explained why witch craft was a bit of an open secret in New Salem.
He smiled, gently cleaned the blood from her leg with a handkerchief and a bottle of water from his pocket. "Eh, I'd rather have a girl who's a got a little wear and tear on her then a perfect china doll," he teased. He couldn't stand girls who didn't want to get dirty and have fun, instead sitting there looking prim and proper and perfect.