It is her dearest hope, John, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name – I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John.
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 2. Elizabeth realizes that Abigail’s motives for accusing her of being a witch stem from jealousy, because Abby wants to replace her as John’s wife. Elizabeth knows that she is no vagrant like Sarah Good or drunkard like Sarah Osburn, so Abby must have a strong reason to target a farmer’s wife. Which is to be the next Mrs. Proctor when Elizabeth is executed. There is foreshadowing here, with Elizabeth’s suspicions later proving to be right when she is arrested for witchcraft and planted evidence of a doll used against her.