"THE PRIEST AND THE GIRL" " Good afternoon." " Good Afternoon" "Father Antonio?" "Good afternoon." "Our vicar is very ill." "He's got high fever." "I was afraid you wouldn't arrive on time." "He's weak." "He wants to say something..." "No, he's delirious." "I must stay alone with him." "What were you doing here?" "Nothing." "I was waiting." "You were at the window again." "I was here, waiting for you." "You were at the window." "I saw you from the street." "Is Father Antonio going to die?" "Why did you take so long to ask after him?" "I don't Know." "You don't like questions." "Father Antonio is very ill." " Isn't anyone with him?" " There are too many." "May I go back in there with you?" "Come here." "Come here and help me." "I'm going to prepare dinner." "I don't want to eat." "I'm tired." "I don't feel well." "Come and help me." "The new priest has arrived." "For the extreme-unction?" "I don't Know." "Father Antonio has confessed to him." "Do you Know what he said at confession?" "Your name..." "Mariana." "It was about something he did with you." " what?" " How am I to Know?" "I didn't hear." "Just he and you Know." "Now, the new priest Knows too." "What did he do with you during lessons," "When both of you were alone?" "Nothing." "He never did anything to me." "He just gave me lessons." "Sometimes he'd talk a little." "You always ask me the same thing." "It's no use answering." "You never believe me." "Only if I make it up... what?" "What you thinK we were doing." "What?" "Tell me what." "The same things you do with me." "Did you tell him?" "No." "He asked you about that?" " He did, once." " And you didn't tell me!" "I didn't think I had to." "When was that?" "During confession?" "Yes." "The last time." "And what did you answer?" "I pretended I didn't understand." "Now you're lying to me just like you lied to him." " I don't lie to you." " You do." "You always do." "Not about these things." "I've got a present or you." "What is it?" "A dress." "I've been meaning to give it to you for a long time." "Are you going to give it to me now?" "Not now." "But you can see it." "It's at the bottom of the trunk, under the papers." "Let's take him away!" "Here." "Not there." "On this side!" "This is your place." "Come, this side." "Here's your place." "Let's go." "God has taken our vicar when we needed him most." "Father Antonio always said that we must resign to God's will." "Here, everyone is resigned to everything." "God thought that no one else needed him here." "And he died." "He died, but no one can change anything." "Father Antonio didn't let us change." "Here we are all resigned to God's will, and to things as they've always been." "Father Antonio never allowed any digressions around here." "take him away!" "Let go of me!" "Father Antonio was no saint!" "Let go of me!" "Father Antonio was no saint!" "Father Antonio was no saint!" "Let go!" "Father Antonio was no saint but he never tolerated shameless old men." "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Come on in, Father." "It's a pleasure to see you here, come in." "No, thank you." "I'm in a hurry." "M. Vitorino..." "Joâo Gonçalves' wife is very ill." "I Know, I Know her..." "I've just seen she's spitting blood again, and she has a fever." "Is there something I could give to her?" "Let's see." "The woman's case is hopeless, Father." "We even took her to a hospital in Diamantina." "The doctor sent her back." "Nothing to be done." "I Know..." "They've told me." "But maybe something... for now?" "I'll look." "I had penicillin here." "No more." "We're all out." "I felt Father Antonio's death very deeply." "I'm like that." "I get too involved with people." "Sometimes..." "I wanted to apologize." " Sometimes, I drink too much." " It doesn't matter at all." "Do you have the medicine?" "No, there's nothing." "Father, there's nothing I can do." "I had something, but it's all finished." "Isn't there more coming?" "Only when the road is clear," "When it stops raining." "The new road is a long way from these rocks." "No one ever comes here, Father." "There are too many hills to climb." "It's easier to walk down to go away." "Those who wanted to move did so long ago." "Whoever stayed on did it on his own accord." "We like quietness." "It's no use, Father, things never change here." "They do change, but so slowly no one feels it." "Some people here have forgotten the world abroad." "Some have never seen any other place." "We are protected here." "Now, nobody comes here." "They used to come at first, on foot and on horseback;" "the trip lasted months..." "years even." "Searching..." "Searching for gold and emeralds." "They paid no attention to the diamonds." "They didn't know its value." "In those days, all this land was bare." "Nobody lived here." "No one had ever been here." "The diamonds detached themselves and rolled into the river." "During the floods, the river would carry them farther away." "The stone is heavy... but the river carried it all, leaving it on the banks when it dried up." "At first, there were a lot of diamonds." "You just had to look down to find them." "Then, they gradually disappeared;" "they prospected it all." "They ploughed these hills." "Year after year." "They sifted every bit of grit they could find." "Nowadays, one only finds what they left behind:" "Pebbles the size of a pinhead." "It's difficult to find one, but they're easy to spot." "They sparkle like a star among the other stones." "It's like nothing else." "Whoever finds one never stops searching, even though he may never find it." "And it only appears in the worst region, in the mountains, where there are only rocks." "A.67 carat stone..." "look here, Father." "Can you see?" "That's what turns up nowadays." "It won't even pay the bill." "They all owe me money." "They hardly get enough to pay for the food and tools I provide." "Their debts only increase." "If it wasn't for me, this place would have disappeared." "All I buy in town, I pay cash." "When I sell to them, it has to be on credit." " How do you manage?" " There's always a way." "I still own something and these stones help a little." "It's. 35 carat: 22.000 Cruzeiros." "You owe me... 74.000 Cruzeiros minus 22..." "You now owe me 52.000." " Do you sell the stones?" " Yes, but with little profit." "I sell them for a little more than I buy them." "What are you waiting for?" "You may go..." "I'd be better off changing of business... but we are surrounded by rocks." "A little corn field, at the most." "Then, you can never tell." "luck has been bad for a long time." "But who Knows if we'll find a big stone some day!" "I brought Mariana up as my own child." "But from the start I liked her too much." "Her father was a diamond prospector out of luck." "When hunger struck, he asked me to look after the child." "She was ten years old." "Father Antonio liked her." "He wanted her to learn catechism." "We quarreled on account of her." "I could never forget she wasn't my daughter." "Listen, Father," "I'll tell you something I've never told anyone." "Not even Father Antonio." "No one." "Mariana slept with me just like a wife." "To correct this sin, you have to consent to this marriage." "Father, you've got to listen to me." "You've been drinking." "I Know what I'm saying." "Father, you're the only one who can do something about it." "He doesn't respect anyone." "Today he didn't allow Mariana to serve at the ranch." "She doesn't leave his house any more." "Right now, he may be doing whatever he pleases." "Father Antonio wouldn't allow it." "While he was alive, he took care." "He wouldn't allow it." "Father," "Mr. Honorato wanted the old priest to die." "He'd been waiting for that." "I'll tell you something you won't believe." "Do you Know who he was jealous of?" "Of Father Antonio..." "Of Mariana and Father Antonio!" "When it's me..." "It's me he should be jealous of!" "I slept with Mariana in his own house." "In Mr. Honorato's house." "look, Mr. Honorato is going to marry Mariana." "And you are going to allow it?" "I have agreed..." "After all that has happened..." "How can you Know what has happened?" "You only Know what they tell you." "Everything Mr. Honorato says is a lie." "No one Knows anything!" "Even he doesn't Know that Mariana..." "Father, I must speak to you." "Come to church tomorrow." "Mr. Honorato won't let me." "It has to be now." "Then, come in." "Father..." "I had to speak to you." "Vitorino came to my house." "He lied to you." "I never slept with him." "I've slept with Mr. Honorato, but I've never belonged to him." "I've never belonged to any man." "I escaped to come here." "Mr. Honorato has forbidden me to speak to you." "Where are you going?" "I have to hurry." "He may wake up." "Do you really want to marry him?" "I do." "I thinK I do." "I used to, before." "Why don't you wait?" "Wait for what?" "When Mr. Honorato asked me to marry him, you hadn't arrived yet." "Father Antonio was dying." "So I said I wanted to." "Now, I don't Know." "When will you go away?" "I should stay for a while." "How long?" "I don't Know." "It doesn't depend on me." "When you arrived... as soon as you arrived," "I was afraid you would go away." "All of a sudden, I was afraid... of staying alone with them." "I dreamt you had gone away." "It was horrible." "I woke up with my heart throbbing." "Father," "I'm afraid now." "I wasn't before." "I miss you all day long so much I felt like dropping everything just so I could see you." "If at least I could..." "For God's sake, don't leave me alone." "Mariana!" "Good morning." "Get out!" "Get out of here!" "You'll all starve, you swine!" "You're all rotten." "You only have dirty, filthy thoughts." "You too!" "You don't respect anyone, not not even Mr. Honorato." "If it wasn't for him, you'd have rotted to death!" "Get out of here!" "M. Honorato!" "M. Honorato!" "Mariana!" "Why have you stopped?" "Keep on working!" "M. Honorato, I must speak to you." "Don't you see you're disturbing?" "I have nothing to speak about." "I have come here to talk to you." "But since you won't listen, I'll speak right here, so that everyone will Know you've lied about Mariana." "That's why she came to me." "Because you wouldn't let her speak to me at church." "It's your fault." "Mariana is my wife..." "Married or not, she's mine." "And Keep out of my life!" "She is not your wife." "Let go of me!" "You around here, Father?" "At this hour?" "Do you Know this place is mine?" "I've been using it for a long time." "I discovered it." "But I'll let you stay." "Here..." "Come and sit here." "This is the best spot to see Mariana's window." "It's been more than two years..." "I come here every night." "Until I cry..." "Can you hear?" "You can hear the river." "It's nice." "You're my companion now, Father!" "I want to make peace." "I want to make peace." "We both come here every night to court the same girl." "Are you crazy?" "What if he wakes up?" "No, they're all drunk, fast asleep..." "But if he wakes up?" "When he arrived, I locked myself in the room." "He said I had slept with you." "He wanted to Kill me." "He was too drunk to burst the door open." "How did you get in?" " what if he wakes up?" " He won't." "I came here to take you away." "I came here to take you away." "take me away, how?" "Eloping?" "Leave now, while they're asleep." "We'll cross the mountains till Diamantina." "It's one day's journey, two at the most." "There you'll stay with me?" "You won't be afraid any more, you won't need me." "I don't want to go to Diamantina." "I want to go with you, to stay with you." "Mariana, I can't stay with you." "Then I won't go." "You have to." "I can't leave you here." "We don't have much time..." "I have to get dressed." "Hurry. we can't waste time..." "Come!" "Father," "Why don't you look at me?" "Are you afraid?" "Do you thinK I'm pretty?" "You're afraid, for sure..." "They say that a priest's woman turns into a ghost." "A werewolf..." "I don't Know if I have the devil or God inside." "Is there anyone?" "I Know we won't reach Diamantina." "That's why I came along." "You Know it too." "We're not getting there." "Why don't you speak to me?" "Why don't you look at me?" "Why don't you look at me?" "I am looking at you." "I look at you and I don't feel anything." "Except anger." "I feel like slapping you until you Keep quiet." "Stay here!" "Stay or go back, if you want." "I'm going away." "Mariana!" "Mariana, come!" "Come with me..." "You're going to leave me." "I have only you nothing else." "I can't live for only one person." "I'm not asking you to live for me." " Only let me live for you." " I can't, don't you see?" "I can only see this black cloth." "Come!" "You go alone." "Can't you see this is senseless?" "I can't leave you here." "Come!" "You're crazy." "You are the crazy one!" "You are..." "These clothes cover you all up..." "You don't feel anything..." "You don't see..." "You look at me, but you don't see me." "You don't feel a thing." "Where are we going?" "I don't Know..." "Let's go!" "Where are you going?" "This road leads to nowhere." "Why don't you answer me?" "You're running away!" "Without Knowing where to!" "We could go anywhere." "It's up to you." "Nobody Knows us." "If you want, we can go any place." "We can live together, like anybody." "It's up to you." "Any place would do..." "If it weren't for these clothes." "Why don't you go alone?" "Why do I have to go with you?" "Where to?" "You're turning back!" "M. Honorato!" "M. Honorato!" "God will punish whoever touches this girl!" "She is holy." "Only the devil itself!" "Or a saint!" "A saint sent by the devil!" "I saw it." "I saw them on the hills!" "Their love!" "Among the stones!" "I saw their love!" "It is sacred." "Only a saint..." "Or a devil sent by God..." "To live here with her, amongst us... for everyone to see and tell." "So that God be praised..." "So that God be praised." "'NO ONE CAN SEIZE THOSE TWO, THIS ONE." "THAT BLACK LOVE IN white LACEwORK'"