Mary Warren attempted to tell the truth but succumbed to Abigail’s pressure. In the Crucible, Mary Warren goes to court and attempts to tell the truth - she faked her actions in court. “...when people accused of witchery confronted you in court, you would faint…” (Hawthorne, 106). Hawthorne is questioning her as to why she fainted in court, saying that she saw spirits. Mary answers to him by saying, “That were pretense, sir,” (Warren, 106). Pretense is a term alternatively used for lies. Therefore, Mary Warren is telling Hawthorne that she lied in court when she fainted. She also confessed that she lied, knowing that people's lives were at hand. “...you tell me you sat in my court, callously lying, when you knew that people would hang by your