Goya's Ghosts Page #5

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But what ifthe pain obscured

my senses?

What if my fear of pain

became bigger

than my fear of God?

If you are innocent of the charge,

God will give you the strength

to withstand the pain.

- Are you sure of that?

- Yes.

Forgive me, Father Lorenzo,

but have you ever been

put to the...

to 'The Question' yourself?

- Have I ever been?

- Yes.

Have you ever been subjected

to 'The Question'?

Of course not.

Do you think that if you were

and they asked you to confess

something grotesquely absurd,

say...

say you were told to confess that

you are really a monke...

are you sure that God

would grant you the fortitude

to deny it?

Or would you rather confess

to being a monkey

to avoid the pain?

I know I would.

I know you would.

So would I.

Would you?

What is this? Are you playing some

sort of silly game with your guest?

Nobody would ever ask Father Lorenzo

to confess something so absurd.

I would.

- Is he serious?

- Oh, I'm sure he's not.

lvaro, go get your father.

Sometimes I don't understand

his humor.

Nobody does.

Because my father doesn't have

a sense of humor.

Oh, yes, he does.

- More wine?

- No, thank you.

Francisco?

"I, Lorenzo Casamares,

hereby confess that, contrary

to my human appearance,

am, in fact,

the bastard son of a chimpanzee

and an orangutan

and I have schemed

to join the Church in order

to do harm to the Holy Office."

Sign it.

This is a joke, Toms, right?

Sign it.

ngel, block the door.

Francisco, escort me out

of this house.

Stop Senor Goya.

- Are you crazy?

- Francisco, please stay out of this.

- Let us go.

- You can go.

What do you mean I can go?

And Father Lorenzo?

Did he let my daughter go?

Did you let my innocent daughter

go?

Did he?

Keep him here.

Let Senor Goya go.

Release him!

Escort Seor Goya out.

Toms!

Take your hands off me!

This is outrageous.

Are you ready to sign

the confession?

Mara Isabel.

Bring him here.

Sign it.

Tie his hands.

Will you sign?

All right.

Let's find out if God will give

you the strength

to resist 'The Question'.

Lift him up.

I will burn this paper

the moment

my daughter returns home.

But I won't wait forever.

You must understand that.

All right, you are free to go now.

Father Lorenzo?

You're forgetting something.

This might be of great help

to both of us.

This is a very generous

contribution, indeed.

We are grateful for your efforts,

Brother Lorenzo.

There is a request, Father.

There usually is.

Let us hear the particulars.

The merchant

would like

to have his daughter back.

- Is she with us?

- Yes, Father. Yes.

- What is her status?

- A Judaiser.

How did you respond

to this request?

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