"DOOMED LOVE" "MEMORIES OF A FAMILY" "EPISODE 5" "Simão learned from Mariana that Teresa, in the dawn of the next day, would leave the convent of Viseu." "That same night, while Teresa left the convent," "Simão tried to speak to her." "But Baltasar Coutinho went against Simão, who pulled a gun, killed Baltasar and surrendered to justice later." "The next day, early in the morning, we left for Vila Real." "Mom was always crying." "Dad, angered by this, left where he was with her, made me take his place and did the rest of the trip in my horse." "Soon, we arrived in Vila Real, and disputes because of Simão were so frequent that my father abandoned the family and went alone to the estate of Montezelos." "Even my mother also abandoned us, and went to cousins in Lisbon in order to request the release of my brother." "But Dad had an frighteningly attitude change when he heard and threatened my mother with the force of law not to abandon the house of her husband and daughters." "From time to time, we received sad news because, in the absence of my father, predictably all the nobles of Viseu conspired against my poor brother." "My mother wrote to her relatives in the capital imploring pardon for her son." "But all those letters ended up in the hands of my father." "My mother asked him permission to go to Viseu." "My father denied her and railed against her furiously." "After seven months, we found that Simão was sentenced to die on the gallows." "The gallows were raised in the place where he had committed the murder." "The windows were closed for eight days, we dressed for mourn and my mother got sick." "When this became known to Vila Real, all the illustrious people of the area went to Montezelos to convince my father to use his influence to save his condemned son." "From Lisbon came some relatives to protest against the infamy that would fall on the family." "My father answered with these words:" ""The gallows was not invented only for those who do not know the name of their grandfather." "The ignominy of a family come from its own bad actions." "Justice doesn't defame, only condemns. "" "After being taken to his room, he was told that he could appeal." "He said that he wouldn't and that he was pleased with his luck and his agreement with justice." "He asked for Mariana and the jailer said he would call for her." "João da Cruz arrived in tears, afraid of losing his daughter because deliriously, he spoke of the gallows and asked to be killed first." "Take care of your daughter." "Let this to me." "I'm vigorous and healthy." "Go comfort this creature that was born under my bad star." "Take her away from Viseu, take her home." "Save her so it'll remain in the world two sisters to cry for me." "The favors you've done for me are now dispensable given my short life." "In a few days I'll be lead to the oratory." "And it's better if your daughter doesn't know." "Whe he returned, João da Cruz found his daughter prostrated on the floor." "With wounds on her face, she laughed and cried." "Out of her mind." "He led her home tied and appointment another person to support the convict." "Teresa's fragile constitution was deteriorating quickly." "Science condemned her to a prompt death." "This was informed by Tadeu de Albuquerque." "I don't want my daughter to die, but if God takes her, I'll die in peace and with my honor without stain." "How immaculate the honor of the nobleman of Viseu was!" "A nun inadvertently told her that Simão was sentenced to death." "I still live!" "She smiled at the angel of death and asked him to wrap her, along with her love and hope, in the darkness of his wings." "Would you do me the favor of delivering a letter to Simão through your friend in the convent Dos Remedios?" "I believe so." "I'll do my best." "Give me a pen and paper and may God bless you, dear." "Simão, my husband, I know everything." "The death is with us." "Know that I write to you without tears." "My agony began seven months ago." "God is kind, and spared me of the crime." "This and our end, Simão!" "Keep our hopes!" "Eternity seems to be dark since hope was the light that guided me from you towards faith." "But our destiny can't finish this way." "Try to hold to the last threads of your life with some kind of hope." "Will we see each other in another world, Simão?" "Can we contemplate God?" "It doens't matter if there's nothing beyond this life." "At least dying is forgetting." "If you could still live, what would it serve?" "I am also condemned and without hope." "Follow me, Simão!" "Accept death!" "Don't you regret." "If there was a crime, God's justice will forgive you for the torment you've been suffering in prison and in the last days before..." "Teresa was about to write a word, when a convulsion shook her body." "She didn't write the word, but the idea of the gallows stopped her life." "In the three following days, Teresa didn't get out of bed." "The nuns who attended her were expecting her to die." ""It's hard to die," said the sick woman sometimes." "It's hard to die." "There were no lack of merciful speeches to distract the spirit from the world." "Teresa listened and said anxiously..." "The hope of heaven..." "Without him, what is heaven, my God?" "Domingos Botelho had an old and revered uncle called António da Viegi." "He was the one to who did the miracle." "His nephew was planting a vine, and he joined him." "God has kept me alive until eighty." "I could live for one or two years more, but this is no longer living." "So far it has been a life with honor and without sin!" "And that's how it will end." "My eyes will not see the disgrace of your family." "Domingos Botelho, either promise me that you will save your son from the gallows, or I, in your presence and of these people," "will kill myself!" "All right." "Simão wil not be hanged." "The next day, Domingos Botelho went to Porto to see some friends and from there went to Lisbon." "Don't escape yet, Teresa." "I no longer see the gallows or death." "My father protects me, salvation is possible." "Hold on your heart the last threads of your life." "Prolong your agony until I tell you there's still hope." "Tomorrow I'll go to a prison in Porto and then I'll wait for absolution or commutation of the sentence." "Everywhere there's sky, flowers and God." "If you live, one day you will be free." "The gravestone can never be lifted." "Live, Teresa, live!" "Yesterday I saw our stars, Teresa, those of our secrets in the nights we were apart." "I came back to life and my heart is full of hope." "Do not die, life of my life!" "It was late at night when Teresa read Simão's letter." "She called the housemaid to help her dress." "That night the shining moon eclipsed the brightness of the stars Teresa was looking for in the sky." " Those are the ones." " What, my lady?" "My stars, pale as I am." "I want to live!" "Let me live, Lord!" "You will live!" "God is merciful." "But you shouldn't be out in the open at night, the humidity of the river is bad for you." "Let me, this is living!" "It's been so long since I've seen the sky!" "I feel resurrected in here." "Why haven't I breathed this air every night?" "Could I live a few years more?" "Can I, my dear Constança?" "Simão lives and he wants me alive." "Simão is in Porto." "Did you received a letter from him?" " Yes." "Want to hear?" "I'll read it to you." "Don't escape yet, Teresa." "I no longer see the gallows or death." "My father protects me, salvation is possible." "Hold on your heart the last threads of your life." "Prolong your agony until I tell you there's still hope." "What if I die?" "What if I die, my God?" "Everyone says I'm going to die and the doctor does not prescribe me anything anymore." "It would've been better I had died already." "Dying with hope, Mother of God!" "She knelt before the sacred image which she had brought from Viseu to which her mother and grandmother had already prayed and whose compassionate face had it's last rays of life extinct by the moribund women." "Don't think I'm crying because I'm afflicted, cousin." "Our angel, God willing, can be saved." "This morning I saw her walking on the corridors." "Her face looks so different today." "If she keeps getting better like this, we'll have Teresa back." "It's a miracle." "I am very happy, my dear cousin." "I want to take her to Viseu, there she will recover." "It's very soon for such a long and difficult journey." "Let her stay a few more months before taking her, for now I do not approve of such imprudence." "Greater imprudence would be leaving her in Porto, where our cousin's evil murderer must already be." "Don't you know?" "The judge is a scoundrel and managed to get the appeal." "I'm now working so the sentence is confirmed, but as long as that murderer is in here, I do not want my daughter in Porto." "You are the father, I am just a relative." "Fulfill your will." " You want to see her, right?" " Yes, if possible." "All right, wait." "Teresa will come here." "Look at the way we're meeting!" "Why didn't you tell me about you condition?" "I'm not as bad as my friends think." "Do you have the strength to go with me to Viseu?" "I don't even have the strength to tell you not to go back to Viseu." " Your health depends on it." " No, on the contrary." " Here I will live and die." " Not really, Teresa." "This air harmful to your health, you have come." "My duty is to guide and correct your bad fate." "It's already corrected, father." " Death amends all errors." " I know, but I want you alive." "After the trip, you'll see how miraculously your health will return." " I'm not going, dad." " You're not?" "We're separated by these bars, father." " We'll always be separated ." " Don't you know you're only 18?" "Yes, I know that." "I don't know the law, and I'm not worried about my ignorance." "It's possible that a violent hand will come and take me away from here but know, father, that this hand will find a corpse." "Then you can do what you want with me." "As long as I can say that I'm not going, I swear I won't." " Do you know that the murderer is in Porto?" " Yes, I know, sir." "You say it without any shame or horror!" "Yet..." "I can't continue to listen, dad, I feel ill." "Please excuse me, and seek revenge as you like." "Being hanged along with the murderer would be my glory in this torment." "It's alright, I'm good." "These blows are vital." "What's happening, cousin?" "I want Teresa out of here." "And who is going to take her out?" "You will." "You can't keep her against the will of her father." "That is true, but be careful, cousin." "I don't care!" "I want my daughter out of here." " She doesn't want to go" " No, madam." "I'm sure we can convince her, there's no need to use force." "Open these doors and I'll take her." "These doors can't be open without the permission of a superior." "Rest assured." "Go rest, and come back another time so we can find a solution." "I see." "You're all conspiring against me!" "I don't want my daughter to receive any more letters from that murderer!" "I believe Teresa has never received letters from him and don't think she'll receive them from now on." "I'll watch the convent." "I want the maid that's with her to be thrownout." "Why?" "I instructed her to tell me everything and she's not doing so." " She had nothing to say, sir." " Don't try to fool me." "I want that maid out of the convent now!" "I can't do that, I don't like injustice." "If you want your daughter to have another maid, send her, but the one she has now will serve a lot of madams in this house if she wants to." "I see, you want to kill me!" "But you won't succeed, unless the devil intervenes!" "Tadeu de Albuquerque presented himself to the police requesting to have his daughter given to him." "The officer said that was not within his competence." "Enraged, he went to the judge of Porto with an arrogant tone." "The next day, he spoke to see some appellate judges." "One of them was D. Rita Preciosa, a childhood friend, said this to the nobleman..." "It doesn't take much to become a murderer, Mr. Albuquerque." "How many deaths would you have caused today if anyone had objected to your anger?" "This unfortunate boy, against whom you request excessive violence, keeps his dignity amidst his great misfortune." "His father has abandoned him, but he has never uttered a cry for help." "There is greatness in this 18-year-old man, Mr. Albuquerque." "If you wasn't opposed to his honest and innocent affections for your daughter, justice wouldn't have sent him to the gallows and your nephew's life wouldn't have been wasted on your whims." "If your daughter had married the son of the judge of Viseu, do you really think your blazon would've been dishonored?" "I don't know how far back the aristocracy of the lord Tadeu de Albuquerque goes, but in the blazon of D. Rita Teresa Preciosa Caldeirão Castelo Branco you can find the most veracious and illustrious genealogies of the Kingdom." "On the father's side, Simão Botelho, he has the blood of Trás-os-Montes and he won't dare to compete with Albuquerque di Viseu which aren't the "Albuquerque terribil" from Luis de Camões." "The truth is bitter, isn't it?" "Your Excellency knows well what you say, but I know what to do." "Do as you want, but be assured that Simão Botelho will not be hanged." "We shall see!" "It's the 13th day of march, 1805." "Simão is in a secret prison cell in Relação." "This trunk contains the letters from Teresa, bouquets of dried flowers, his manuscripts from the prison in Viseu and an apron of Mariana, the one that she, on the day of the trial, dried the tears in her first moment of dementia." "A day of love and hope was when the Master sent him to the cabin stuck in the throat of the mountains, to the opulent walking in his lazy accoutre and the beggar who stretched next to the columns of the temple." "Our Daily Bread, your breast is where I rest this face from every stain." "I didn't asked the sky again." "I've felt like a man at 17." "I've seen the virtue in the light of love." "I thought it was holy the passion that absorbed all others or purified with it's holy fire." "Tell me, Teresa, if my lips have profaned the purity of your ears." "Never, Teresa!" "Never!" "Oh, world, you condemn me!" "If you ordered me to die so you could be happy with another man," "I would, Teresa!" "But you were lonely and unhappy and I thought your executioner would not survive." "Here I am a murderer, without any remorse." "You're here?" "What about Mariana?" "Did you leave her alone?" "Or has she died?" "She's neither alone or dead." "The devil is not always lurking." "Mariana has come to her senses." " You're telling the truth, Mr. João?" " Of course!" "That was witchcraft, in my opinion." "Bleeding, cold water on the head, exorcisms done by the missionary and now the girl is healed." " God be praised!" " Amen." "But what is this house?" "What the hell is this planck-bed?" "There's need of a proper bed and something to sit on." " Is good enought this way." " I see." "What about the food?" " I still have money, my dear friend." " You must have a lot." "But I have more and it is at your disposal." "See this letter." ""João da Cruz is authorized to help my son, Simão, making all the necessary expenses." "I pledge to pay all the notes with his signature." "Is fair, because I must have my share of the inheritance." "Order it and I'll buy what is necessary." "Open your heart to more valuable services." "Tell me." "You'll deliver a letter to Monchique, adressed to Teresa de Albuquerque." "Apparently, the devil is behind these letters!" "Give me the letter." " Her father is here." "Did you know?" " No." "He's here." "And if he appears, maybe he'll beat his head against the wall." "And will be hanged by the neck to an Cork Oak." "Must the letter have an answer?" "If you receive one, my good friend." "The blacksmith arrived while an officer of justice, two doctors and Tadeu de Albuquerque were in the courtyard of the convent." "The judge ordered that the two doctors went in to examine the sick at the request of her father." "Do you have the church's permission to enter Monchique?" "No, we don't have it, but..." "Without ecclesiastical permission no one can enter the convent." "The doctors told Tadeu de Albuquerque that's how it worked in the monasteries and there was nothing to argue." "The blacksmith reflected on how he would deliver the letter." " Mother!" " What do you want?" "Could you tell madam Teresa di Viseu that the father of the girl she knows in the countryside is here?" " Who are you?" " The father of the girl from the countryside." "I know him." " Think of what you're doing." " Your daughter wrote to me?" "Yes, madam, here's the letter." "I'll put it here." "Love is very ingenious." "I hope that news of the girl in the countryside will rejoice your heart!" "Teresa responded with kisses to the joviality of the saint lady and retreated to read the letter and write a reply." "Do you see that poor thing?" "Yes I see, madam, and I know her." "How the hell did she ended up here?" "I thought that after that dressing down the poor thing..." "Keep your voice down." "When you bring the letters, deliver them to her." "I've already sent her to the prison, but they did not let her in" "All right, I think it's a good solution." " Give me your letter and may God be with you." " I'll give it to you here." "The divine providence had pity of Simão that day." "The return of senses to Mariana and being able to correspond with Teresa were the greatest joys that could've fallen from the sky." "I will tell you another thing that I had no intention of telling you now." "What?" "Mariana came with me, and due to pains remained at the inn, but tomorrow she'll be here to prepare food and sweep the house." "My bad luck is dragging your daughter to my abyss." "Poor angel of charity, you are worthy of heaven!" "What are you preaching?" "You seem saddened by this news." "Mr. João, do not let your beloved daughter here." "Let me see her, bring her with you once, but don't let her stay here, because I don't want to obstruct her fate." "She can't live in Porto alone and without knowing anyone." "She's beautiful and will be persecuted." "Persecuted?" "Good heavens!" "No, she won't be persecuted." "Let them come, but better leave the horns at home!" "Women are like unripe pears." "A man touches it, and, if he finds it hard, he does not eat it." "The girl is the same as her mother." "And you're going to deprive yourself from your daughter's company?" "I'll find a way." "I have an older sister-in-law, she'll prepare me some soup." "And won't stay here for long." "In any case, I'll tell you now what I have to say." "If I hadn't left to come to Porto, it wold've been bad." "I am not stupid." "I know that she has a great passion for you." "It's her destiny." "What can I do?" "Nevermind, Sr. Simão nothing bad will happen to you or there is no honor left in this world." "Maybe I could marry your daughter!" "Marry her?" "Neither I or her have thought about it." "I'm a blacksmith and she can only be your servant and nothing more, Mr. Simão, but..." "You want to know something?" "I want my friends to be as unfortunate as you woud be if you married that poor girl." "Let's not talk about this anymore." "It's a miracle when I cry, but when I start, I can't stop." "Let's go back to our arrangement." "That table should stay here, the dresser there," "two chairs on this side and another two there." "Manuel Botelho returned from Minho and arrived with the lady in Porto fifteen days after Simão's imprisonment." "Manuel Botelho to the prison and his brother received him coldly." "They had never been in agreement or like each other but Simão's misfortune of redeemed the faits of his fatal temper which made him an orphan, and only left a wistful memory of his sister Rita." "Tell me the story of your misfortune." "It's consisted of a process." " There's any hope for freedom?" " I don't think so." "I have little to offer, very few assets, but if you need clothes, I'll share mine with you." "I don't need anything." "I'll only receive alms from that woman." "Manuel had already noticed Mariana and her beauty had prompted him to make wrong judgments." " Who is this girl?" " It's an angel, that's all I can tell you." "I'm Mr. Simão's maid and now yours too." " Are you from Porto?" " No, I lived near Viseu." "Have you always accompany my brother?" "Your curiosity is bothering me, brother." "I wasn't trying to offend." " Is there anyhing to our mother?" " No." "The police has discovered that at this inn is the son of Domingos Botelho." "We came here to say that we're your disposal." " Is this madam your wife?" " No, she's my sister." "Sister?" "Which one?" "I've seen them 5 years ago in Viseu, but I can't recognize her." " Is it Ms. D. Ana Amalia?" " Exactly." "You are undoubtedly beautiful, but you look completely different." "Did you visit Simão?" "Yes, sir." "He was a lightning that struck this family, but you can be assured that he will not be convicted." "Tell your mother that I said that." "My court is prepared to reduce the punishment to 10 years of exile in India." "Simão proudly confessed the murder and denies doing it for self-defence." "He's an unfortunate lunatic with noble intentions" "What about the girl who caused all of this?" "She's a hero!" "Since she learned of the possibility of Simão's sentence being reduced, she's much better, and is saved, according to the doctor." "Do you know her well, madam?" " Yes, I do." " I've heard she's beautiful." "Yes, she's beautiful." "Very well." "Send this hug to your father and tell him that I'm here, loyal and devoted as ever." "And a hug to your virtuous mother." "I have some suspicions." "About a year ago Manuel Botelho fled to Spain with a married woman." "That woman we saw is not his sister." "If he lied he's a crook." "He made us pay respect to a concubine!" "I shall enquire this." "Manuel was already in Vila Real, and was trying to find a house for the Azorean with the help of his kind and indulgent mother." "Domingos Botelho said that he didn't wanted to see his son and said that he was considered a deserter." "I am Manuel's father." "I know your history." "He's infamous and you, the victim." "Your punishment started the instant you realized that you had practiced a shameful act." "Even if you haven't realized, it will happen." " Where are you from?" " The island of Fayal." " Do you have a family?" " I have my mother and sisters." "Your would mother accept you if you asked for shelter?" "I think so." "Are you aware that Manuel is a deserter?" "And right now he's either under arrest or a fugitive?" "I didn't know." "That means that you don't have anyone's protection." "Why don't go to your mother?" "I have no money." "Do you want to go today?" "At the Inn's door, you'll will find a litter and a maid who will accompany you to Porto." "There you'll deliver a letter." "This person whom I'm writing to is in charge to get to Lisbon." "There, a person will take you the first boat that leaves for the Azores." "Are we understood?" "Do you accept it?" "I'm very grateful." "Someone as unfortunate as I am could not hope for such generosity." "On August 4, 1805, João da Cruz sat at the table looking unhappy and without appetite." "Aren't you going to eat, João?" " I can't swallow anything." " What's going on?" "I miss the girl." "I would give everything to have her here." "Cursed be the misfortunes of my life!" "If I hadn't shot the mule driver, I wouldn't have any debts with the judge and the fate of the son would be indifferent." "If you miss her, bring her home for a while and then send her back." "This is not something a man like me would do, Josefa." "Without her, the boy will die behind those the bars." "This is just something that came to my mind today." "You know what?" "To hell with the money!" "Tomorrow I'll go to Porto." "That's exactly what you should do." "It's decided." "What are you still thinking?" "It looks like a work from the devil." "Will the girl be ill or dead?" "Dear God!" "Think of what you're saying, João!" "In the inside I'm as dark as that roaster!" "You're just nervous." "Go get some air and work a little to distract yourself." "I'll drown you, wicked thing that's disturbing my soul." "Hello!" "Hello." "The animal looks so sturdy!" "It's not bad." "Are you Mr. João da Cruz?" "DOOMED LOVE" "END OF EPISODE 5"