I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It’s she put me out, you cannot pretend it were you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 1. When John Proctor rejects Abigail’s advances, she refers to the torrid sexual affair she had with him. She uses an animal simile to compare him to a stallion during their illicit love making. John’s deceived wife Elizabeth sacked Abby as their servant when she discovered the affair. But Abby believes that John still loves her.