Stranger: “I think I’ll just poke around outside for a while, if you don’t mind.”
Father: “Of course we don’t mind. But
I’m afraid many things have changed
since 1949.”

The stranger is polite, and the father is willing yet cautious.

i would like to compare these two interpretations of the crucible : 1) eric christ's interretation and wade bradford's interpretation. the main differences between there interretaions is that in the first one you can notice direct link to joseph mccarthy whereas the second one represents how the town is filled with hysteria.the second interpretation shows that author believes that the story   about puritan town in salem is based on actual events while the first example shows the sencible reference to sort of bias.

the answer is the last one