ABIGAIL: I have a sense for heat, John, and yours has drawn me to my window, and I have seen you looking up, burning in your loneliness. Do you tell me you’ve never looked up at my window?
PROCTOR: I may have looked up.
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 1. Abigail tells John Proctor that she believes he is still romantically attracted to her, because she has seen him at her house looking into her window. She uses the word "heat" for his sexual desire. This also echoes the phrase "in heat," used to describe a female animal ready to have sex and able to become pregnant. John, seven months after their affair ended but still dissatisfied with his marriage to Elizabeth, admits to being outside Abby’s bedroom window looking up.