"Nothing special." "believe me, Antonio." "It's just a muscular spasm caused by an automatic nervous contraction." "In spite of all the efforts of medicine, the way the human body works is still a mystery." "What happened to Maria has happened before." "I know." "But it was awful." "It seemed like she was staring at her daughter, as if she was still alive, as if she wanted to talk to her, to confide something in her, to ask for help to... beat death." "There's no need for it." "Neazara said it and the Antichrist will proclaim it." "only the body dies and goes back to the earth, where it came from, but the soul is immortal." "And the dead come back and come to life again in us forever, for better or worse, till the end of time." "Rubbish!" "You talk nonsense!" "believe me, Antonio, I'm talking as a doctor and as a friend." "unfortunately, Maria is dead and nothing can bring her back to life." "certainly not these foolish superstitions." "The truth is quite different." "Let's go now, leave her to rest in peace." "Antonio... why didn't you call a priest?" "This is what she would have wanted." "I knew her innermost thoughts." "AII of them." "Come here, sol, please." "Sit beside me." "What's wrong, darling?" "Here I am." "Don't leave me, sol." "please." "Come on, be a good girl." "You have to rest now." "I know it was a bad experience, but you'II get over it." "Try to sleep." "It will do you good." "I don't want to sleep," "I can't." " I'm afraid, sol." " Don't be afraid." "I'm here with you." "You know, Miria, sometimes nature is cruel to us and has awful things in store for us." "Pain is part of Iife, you have to get used to it." "But then everything is all right." "Try to rest now." "You will feel better when you wake up." "But don't go away, sol." "I won't go away, darling." "I promise." "I'II see to the necessary procedures." "As for the death certificate," "I won't mention the excessive quantities of digitaIin Maria ingested." "We knew about her hysterics, but somebody else might interpret the facts in a different way." "What do you suggest, then?" "A heart attack is the most logical diagnosis and there will be no need for an autopsy." "Nobody wants Maria's body to be mangled." "Don't worry, Antonio." "We've known each other for many years, I'm very fond of your family." "tell me the truth, Juan." "You really loved Maria, didn't you?" "Just like every one who knew her." "But I don't understand... why do you ask me this question, Antonio?" "Maria was a wonderful woman, you know this." "Yes, I know." "Juan, did you remember the stuff?" "My brother suffers from that back pain." "Oh, yes." "I almost forgot." "Here it is, I brought a double dose, in case we don't see each other for a while." "Be careful, if your brother gets used to it, it won't help him any more." "I'II be back for Maria's embaImment." "If you need me, you know where I am." " Good luck, Antonio." " Thank you, Juan." "Bye." "Stop it now!" "Stop fooling around, it's dirty and vulgar." "What's going on?" "Can't a person sleep?" "Stop it." "You could fool anyone in this house but me." "I won't let a cheap whore have fun like this, at the expense of a poor parapIegic." "What gives you the authority to talk like this?" "This is my room." "I've got the right to undress and go to sleep." "I'm the one who decides the rights and duties in this house." " Do you understand?" " I won't let you treat me so arrogantly." " Get out of my room, right now." " I'm the one who gives the orders here." "No!" "And don't raise your voice again!" "Understand now?" "Now bring Ignazio back into his room." "I will save you, Miria." "I will save you from the damned souls." "I will save you." "Come, Miria." "It's your mother that commands you." "Come, darling." "Come." "Come, Miria." "It's your mother that commands you." "Come, darling." "Come." "Come, Miria." "Come, darling." "Come." "No!" "No!" "No." "Come, Miria." "Come." "No." "No!" "I heard someone screaming." " What's going on?" " It's Miria's voice, Iet's look for her." "In the crypt, quick." "Miria is there." "Miria, where are you?" "Her eyes." " She looked at me." "Her eyes." " What happened?" " She stared at me." " For heaven's sake, what are you saying?" "My mother was alive." "She was alive." "What eyes?" "Miria, calm down." "What are you talking about?" "Her eyes were open." "She looked at me as if to scare me, as if she wanted to talk to me." "Miria, darling, stop now." "Your mother is dead." "And her eyes will be closed forever." " No!" "It's not true." "I've seen them!" " Stop it." " I've seen them!" " Try to calm down." "Come on." "Come, come with me." "I'm afraid." "I don't want to see her again." " She looked at me." " Don't be afraid." " I don't want to see her again." " Come." "No." "Look at your mother." "You see?" "She's dead." "Keep still." "Don't breathe." "Good girl." "still." "Now a deep breath." "Good." "Nothing special, except an acceleration of the circulatory system, but in the present circumstances that's understandable." "It's been a violent shock for her, the second in few days." "There's nothing to worry about, though, but it's not wise for her to stay in this house," "I'd Iike to suggest something, if you'II allow me." "A month of complete peace and quiet in the right clinic will help to wipe out every bad memory." "She'II come back as good as new." "Better." "I'II see to finding the best treatment for her." "She will come with me tomorrow morning." "If you agree, of course." "I shan't move from here." "I shan't move." " You can forget it.." " Don't you dare talk to me like that." "You'II do as you're told and you won't complain." "In any case... it's for your own good, darling." "Listen, Miria, nobody wants to send you away" "but you need to be cared for." "We can't take care of you as you need." "Isidro is alone, he's too busy to look after you." "I Iove you, you know, but I'm always busy with your uncle Ignazio." "Listen to the doctor." " Go, be reasonable." " I'm not reasonable and I don't want to be." "I shan't go with him." "You will never manage to convince her, it's because of her abnormal state." "I'm sure she will have changed her mind tomorrow when I pick her up." "Miria is a clever girl, she knows this is for her own good." "I have to go now." "I have to visit a patient." " Goodbye, Miria." " I'II see you out." "You won't succeed, Doctor." "You won't succeed." "What's happening?" "Nothing else to say, Juan Suarez?" "What's going on?" "This can't be happening, it's madness." "calm down, Juan, it can't be true." "Maybe I'm too tired." "Yes, it's a dream." "It's not a dream, Doctor." "Look at me." "You used to love me, Juan." "No, it can't be." "I can't believe this." "No, it's not true." " You have a weak memory, Juan." " Stop it." "Somebody help me." "Stop, stop, I've had enough." "Maybe you recognize my face now, dear Doctor?" "Once it was different, don't you remember?" "What's wrong with me?" "I've had enough." "I'm hallucinating." "Go away, Maria." "What am I saying?" "This is a dream, a hallucination, a nightmare." "You used to love me though." "You profited of every moment to make love to me, don't you remember?" "The past is coming back, Juan." "We are alone now." "You and me, as it used to be." "When I was yours, body and soul." "Come closer, Juan." "What shall we do with the corpse of the doctor?" "We should inform the police." "tell the police?" "Don't panic!" "Let's use our heads." "We need to use some common sense." "It was just an accident, it was nobody's fault." "Nobody's." "What would you suggest?" "Pretending nothing has happened?" "We'II bury Juan in the basement and throw his car in the lake." "Even if they fished it out, the slime at the bottom would justify the disappearance of the corpse." "You see to it." "quickly." "No." "I don't want to be involved this time." "I want to leave this place." "Nobody will leave this place." " What shall we tell Miria?" "She's a child." " She will never know about it." "You will be responsible for any error regarding the matter." "Another shock could be disastrous for her." " Have I made myself clear?" " AII too clear." "AguiIars are not affected by earthly misfortunes." "For them the earth is just a chessboard and human beings are nothing but pawns in their hands." "A man dies?" "You throw him away with the garbage, as if it were an old rag." "Isn't that true?" " So, don't I deserve an answer?" " It's true." "Do you object?" "On the contrary!" "You are the master, after all." "Whatever happens, even a death, can be easily erased and everything is all right." "It will happen again, I know it." "What do you mean?" "This castle has been cursed, we shall all die." "And in this world there are things that set the human will aside." "Don't talk such nonsense." "Just do as I say, if you don't want to end up like the doctor." "You're just a poor idiot who still believes in ghosts." "I don't believe in anything." "Except evil... and in the energy it spreads around us." "Nothing can stop it, not even an AguiIar, a dreaded, powerful and respected man like you." "Stop it, now." "I don't want to listen to you any more." "Keep quiet." "Don't kid yourselves that scum like you can be treated in the same way as me." "I shouldn't have tried to acquaint you with the life of the castle." "From now on, I order and I command." "You are simply to obey in respectful silence." "Do I make myself clear?" "What are you doing here?" "I know what to do, Master." " You should be with Miria." " She's sleeping." "I told her she won't be going to that clinic." "She looked very pleased." "She's sure leaving would be pointless." "only staying here can heal her." " She asked me about the doctor." " What did you say?" "That you convinced him to change his mind and that there was no need to go, so he left." "well done." "So, everything's as it should be." "For the almighty AguiIar... yes, obviously." "You really are a strange creature." "I've never really understood you at all." "And you never will." "I'm the kind of woman you don't like." "What do you mean?" "explain yourself." "Love and virginity still have a meaning for me, that's what I mean." "But this is boring for you, isn't it?" "On the contrary!" "I find it exciting." "And although you're not a nun yet, I've always dreamt of desecrating a temple." "You won't succeed, AguiIar, you won't succeed." "Your power and presumptuousness have no effect on me, don't you forget this." "really?" "Why are you still here then?" "Why don't you leave the castle?" "I'm absolutely sure you're still here for me." "You are a conceited fool." "You know that I'm still here for two reasons " "Miria needs me and so does your brother." "They're two poor, loveless infants, and I shan't leave them in your dirty hands." "Dirty, you say?" "AII right." "We'II see what traces they leave on your body." "Antonio AguiIar will leave no trace on my body." "Mark my words, no trace!" "Don't kid yourself, you'II be mine." "Mine." "I will save you from evil." "I will save this house from curses." "Miria, listen to me." "I must remove the evil that's inside you." "Listen to me, Miria." "Miria." "I must succeed." "I must." "Listen to me, Miria." "Satan, go away." "Leave her." "Go away, devil." "Go away." "Miria, you have to do it." "You must win." "Get out of her." "You will be free." "Forever." "I shall succeed." "For your sake, Miria." "For your life." "For your sake." "You will be free." "Forever." "I will succeed, yes." "For your sake, Miria." "Come, Miria." "kill, Miria." "It's your mother who orders you." "kill mercilessly." "No one shall survive in this damned castle." "Come." "Come, darling." "Come." "Come, Miria." "It's your mother who commands you." "kill Isidro." "kill Isidro." "kill." "kill." "kill." "kill." "I was waiting for you." "It was me who told you to come here." "You know why?" "To set you free." "To set you free from the devil that seized your soul and your body." "Don't be afraid." "I won't hurt you." "It's for your sake, for your salvation." "please, Miria, don't go away." "please." "kill Isidro." "kill, Miria." "You must kill." "kill." "Miria, Miria, answer me." "You must kill him." "You must." "What do you want from me?" "Can't you guess?" "I have no imagination, you tell me." " I want to talk to you, come to my study." " I haven't time." " I have to look after Ignazio." " As you wish." "He can listen too, I don't care." "Right." "You've never cared about anybody, especially not your brother." "Why should you start now?" "Antonio AguiIar cares only about Antonio AguiIar." "Why should you suddenly change this good habit?" "Isn't that right, Master?" "Whereas you, you only cared about Maria." "Isn't that true, dear, sweet, thoughtful sol?" "Admit it, if you are..." " brave enough." " I don't know what you mean." " Why are you mentioning Maria?" " I'II make myself clear, then." "You are getting rid of whoever had any influence on her, who could take her away from you." "tell me, who's next?" "Come on, you innocent slut, out with it." "Do you have the cheek to accuse me of those murders?" "This is madness!" "Do you realize what you're saying?" "Is this a new trick of your sick mind to add to the curses of this place?" "To increase the evil around us?" "To torture those around you?" "If there's anybody here who has a good reason to get rid of anybody, of those who had the misfortune to end up here, of those who were friends with Maria, it's you and no one else." "Can't you see you're going beyond any sense of decency, respect, humanity." "You are consumed with jealousy because Maria didn't love you." "She didn't love you." "She never loved you." "Never." "Because you're a disgusting worm, a filthy, accursed being." " I want your mouth." "I must have you." " Leave me alone." "I'd rather die than let an oily character like you stain me." "Don't you try it again." "Don't you dare try that ever again." "Hi, little brother." "How are you?" "Let's go for a Iong walk." "A walk and a little chat... as we've never done before." "So that our chaste, sweet sol, can't say I neglect you." "Let's go, Ignazio." "We have all the time we want." "You can't answer, obviously, but this is not... a problem at all." "I wouldn't let you anyway, even if you could." "First of all, I must inform you that, from tonight on," "your dear sol can't look after you any more." "From now on nobody will." "Which means that, if no complications occur, in all...probability, you will die." "Yes, you'II starve." "And it won't be too nice to meet your end sitting in... excrement and urine, Iike a pig." "But that's not enough to punish you." "You are wondering why, aren't you?" "And why I waited until now, too." "It's simple." "Your misfortune helped me in this subtle revenge." "It was a pleasure to see a nice young man, strong, full of Iife, reduced to a mere shell of a man, stuck in a wheelchair, unable to move or speak, but still able to understand." "This excited me." "This made me slowly look forward to this moment." "Do want to know why we are here now, Ignazio?" "Because being my brother didn't prevent you from betraying me with Maria." "You did." "I saw you." "I saw you enjoying her mouth." "How many times did I beg you to leave her alone, not to profane my love for her?" "But no, you kept on." "You dirty parapIegic." "If it's of any comfort to you, the corpse of Dr. Suarez, my friend, rots here." "A very good friend." "He wanted the same, you see?" "He wanted to take Maria away from me, Iike you." "She was the woman of my Iife, the woman who to me... was more important than air." "It was right for me to talk to you, brother to brother, with love, and I did." "I wish you to die in the worst possible way." "Hi, Ignazio." "Together again, Iike in the good old days." "I'II drive you wild with pleasure." "Come, Ignazio, come." "Come on." "Ignazio, come on." "Come." "Come." "Come to me." "Come on." "Get out of my room immediately." " I forbid you to set foot in here." " You can neither forbid nor permit." "You are nothing, is that clear?" "Nothing." "What are looking for?" "What are you doing?" " That's for your brother." " This stuff... is for me now." "Remember, there's not enough suffering in the world to repay those who betray their benefactor." "What do you mean?" "I don't understand you." "I know about your dirty affair with Maria." "Did you think I didn't?" "Do you want to listen to the tape I recorded, of your wretched obscenities?" "Do you want to listen to it?" "Don't stand on ceremony!" "please." "Oh, sol." "please, don't leave me." "You are the only one who can make me happy in this accursed house." "You wanted to take her away from me too." " But you won't succeed." " What are you doing?" "Come with me, you bitch." " Now you'II see!" " Let go!" "Come with me!" "Let me go." "Let me go." "Come." " Let me go." " Shut up!" "Let me go." " Stop it, I said!" " No!" "No!" "Enough!" "Now you'II stay here and rot like a bitch." "I won't let you hurt anybody else here." "What's happening?" "It's impossible." "It's not you, it can't be." "I'm dreaming." "It's not a dream, Antonio." "I have come back to you." "Oh, no, no." "Oh, no." "Touch me, touch me." "You'II be convinced." "No!" "Come on." "Are you afraid of the truth?" "Come on, touch me." "Are you convinced now?" "What do you want from me?" "tell me." " What do you want?" " Can't you guess?" "Yes, Iie down." "Like this, don't move." "You're a dirty bitch." "You have no respect at all, but I swear that you will pay for it." " You will pay for everything." " I can't stand you." "I sleep with who I Iike because you're impotent." " A poor wretch." " I'II kill you!" " I'II kill you!" " Stop!" "What are you doing?" "Bitch." "You shall die!" "Die!" "You've killed me again, Antonio." "For the second time." "It's not true." "No." "No." "No." "No." "It's not true." "No." "No." "It's not true." "It's impossible." "Why?" "Damned woman." "Keep away from me." "Don't touch me." "Go away." "Go away." "Don't touch me." "No!" "Thank heaven!" " How did you do it?" " Antonio is dead." "There's nobody else in the castle." "Antonio is dead?" "How can it be?" "What's happening in this castle, Miria?" "Answer me." "It's just you and me now, sol, as it used to be, as we wanted." "Don't you remember?" "Just you and me." "You are not Miria, I can tell from your voice." "You... you are... you are Maria." "I'm back, sol." "I'm back to have you at last." "And this time you can't avoid me, Iike it or not." "That's what I always wanted, but never really had." " What?" " You will be mine, sol." "Mine." "No, Maria, don't do it." "Stop, don't touch me." "I killed those who kept me away from you, and now, through this body, you'II be mine forever." "No, please, please." "You are Miria, you are Miria," "Maria doesn't exist any more." "Don't reject me." "Don't resist." "Let me take you." "I want you." "But I don't want to." "Go away, don't touch me," "I don't want to." "Leave me, I beg you." "Listen to me." "I'm here with you." "I give you my body." "Have me, if you want to." "But set Miria free." "Set her free." "I give myself to you." "I will be forever yours." "But I beg you, leave your daughter." "Have me." "Have me, Maria." "Have me, have me."