Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun Page #5

l can never be your wife.

l have given myself to heaven.

These are only words, Marie.

lf you love me,

then...please go away.

- l swear to you, Antonia...

- To Satan.

l swear to Satan

that this is the loveliest of all our games.

Antonia!

Paramour of the devil.

l can see him in the shape of a goat.

Receive our obscene kisses of homage.

Lucifer.

Oh, Joana.

Antonia.

You have served me well.

l will serve you more, and even better.

You have given to me, mistress of Satan,

and now l shall give to you.

Yes.

Get me the devil. l want to ride him.

Oh, no.

Holy Michael, Holy Gabriel, Holy Raphael,

all ye holy angels and archangels,

pray for us.

Holy Peter, Holy Paul, Holy Jacob,

Holy Demetrius, Holy Bartholomew,

all ye holy apostles, pray for us.

Deliver us, o Lord, from all sin.

Deliver us from the snares of the devil,

from hatred and all ill will.

Deliver us from the spirit of fornication.

Lord, help me.

Kneel down

and rid yourselves of all secular thoughts.

For a few days,

there has been a girl among the novices

who has been abusing God's kindness

through grave transgressions.

Let us pray for her.

Lord, take the sinner back into your arms

who has saddened You by being unchaste.

Confess that you are a grave sinner.

l confess my grave transgressions

to the Holy Virgin Mary.

l do not know if it was the insinuations

of the devil or my own arrogance

that caused me to violate

the commandments of the church.

l pledge to Holy Mary and all the saints

that my efforts shall be without end

to return to the bosom of the church,

to the Holy Mother Church, which is

the only joy on earth for sinners like us.

- Sister Josefina, l have a favour to ask you.

- You're white as a sheet.

Sister Martina told me l should ask you

if l needed to send a letter to someone.

- Who are you sending it to?

- My mother, but nobody must know.

- lt's in safe hands with me.

- Thank you.

Woe betide him who keeps secret

what he does and will not account for it.

He will be banished from the community,

whose joys he does not share,

whose trust he does not deserve.

For his secrecy conceals sin.

lt says here, ''lf Cristbal returned,

this time, l would flee with him.''

This abhorrent letter

proves your mendacity.

lt also says, ''Take me back.

l am afraid of losing my soul.

''Dear mother, the sisters and the abbess

often behave in a rather strange manner.

''And Father Vincente is not

the devout man you took him for either.

''l can hardly describe it in decent words.

He is depraved.''

This letter is full

of such libellous statements.

You have only yourself to blame

for the consequences.

This disgraceful piece of paper

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