PARRIS: I cannot blink what I saw, Abigail, for my enemies will not blink it. I saw a dress lying on the grass…Aye, a dress. And I thought I saw – someone naked running through the trees!
ABIGAIL: No one was naked! You mistake yourself, uncle!
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 1. Parris tells Abigail that he cannot pretend he didn’t see what he saw in the woods with the girls, including one of them running naked. He is worried that his enemies will discover this and use it against him to harm his reputation and standing in the community. True to character, Abigail simply lies and says no one was naked.