Goya's Ghosts Page #4

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- Please.

Francisco, thank you.

The time has come for me

to repay

the Lord

for all his kindness

by restoring the Convent

of Saint Toms.

You know,

Toms being my own name,

I'm very sorry that my daughter

cannot dine with us tonight.

A most...

a most marvelous work indeed,

Goya.

Thank you.

As I was saying,

the time has come for me to repay

the Lord for all His kindness

by restoring the Convent

of Saint Toms.

Bless us, o Lord,

and your gifts,

which from your bounty we are about

to receive through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

To the successful restoration

of the Convent of Saint Toms.

This wine is excellent.

It was aged on a ship that has gone

twice around the world.

It takes constant motion

to bring out the flavor

in this particular wine.

I didn't know that.

And these are anchovies

from Santoa.

I presume that you're anxious

to have some news of your daughter.

Oh, yes,

extremely so.

She has never ever been away.

Did you see her?

Yes, I did.

How is she?

She's in fine spirits

and sends her love

to all of you.

When can we expect her home?

I couldn't say.

She must first stand trial.

Stand trial?

Why?

For what she has confessed.

What did she confess?

That she had secretly practiced

the Jewish rituals

of her forbears.

But that's impossible.

We are an old Christian family.

Correct me if I'm wrong

but the Brothers in charge

of the archives...

informed me that your

grandmother's great- grandfather

converted from Judaism to

Christianity when he came to Spain

from Amsterdam in 1624.

Is that true?

Yes.

But I am the only person

in the family who knows that.

Then why has your daughter

confessed to it?

Ins couldn't possibly confess to

something she has no knowledge of.

Excuse me,

was my sister put

to 'The Question'?

Yes, she was.

My daughter was tortured?

She was put to 'The Question'.

I thought that kind

of 'investigation'

had been abandoned years ago.

Yes, it was,

but now

in these troubled times,

in its quest for the truth,

the Church is bringing it back.

So...

you maintain that a confession

obtained by the means of

as you call it 'The Question'

is valid proof of anything?

This is not an opinion

of one simple monk, sir.

It is a tenet of Church

teaching that a confession

attained by 'The Question'

constitutes ultimate proof.

I'm sorry, Lorenzo,

but how can this sort

of confession be an ultimate proof?

If I were tortured, I'd confess

to anything.

I'd confess

I was the Turkish sultan.

No, you wouldn't.

I would confess to anything

to avoid pain.

No, you wouldn't.

You're a God- fearing man, Goya,

aren't you?

Of course I am.

So, your fear of God would prevent

you from making a false confession.

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