Elizabeth and John begin to feel the tension when Elizabeth tries to convince John to go to court and prosecute Abigail, but he refuses. When he argues with his wife, he claims, "you will not judge me again, Elizabeth. I have good reason to accuse Abigail of fraud, and I will think of it" (193). Proctor isn't completely happy with throwing Abigail under the bus because he doesn't initially want to hurt her and would lose respect in town if he did. So he's not convinced that his wife is trying to get him to accuse him of fraud at this point in the play. Shortly afterwards Mary's servant, the prosecutor, returns home with the news that Elizabeth has also been convicted of witchcraft and has been arrested by the sheriff in town to be brought to trial. During the trial the girls and Abigail pressure Mary to conform to them by pretending that Mary was bewitching the girls. When he plays with girls; Proctor yells at Mary very angrily, "Mary God damn all liars!" (224). Which is ironic because John Proctor lied to everyone about his deadly secret. Who knows that sooner or later it will come out and ruin everything for him. Proctor finally comes out and tells the court that when there seems to be no way out for Elizabeth, he points out, “I have known her, sir, I have known her” (220). Proctor finally confesses his affair before the judge