El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script ★ Safe

: Juli is in the convent. If I join, will you free her? SIMUN : Yes. But you must not waver. SCENE 3: THE CONVENT OF THE PRAYLE (Kabanata 23-24) Convent laundry room. Juli scrubbing clothes, tired.

**BASILIO (to students) **: Today we learn mathematics. But the most important number is this – how many more years until we are free? (fade out)

: We students propose an academy for Castilian. The friars control all teaching. **PADRE SALVI (coldly) **: An academy? Or a den of filibusteros? ISAGANI : We only want to learn – not rebel. PADRE SALVI : Learning leads to rebellion. Remember 1872. El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script

Isagani appears, looking for Paulita. Simoun hands him the lamp.

**SIMUN (to himself) **: Good. Let them fight each other. Then my hour will come. Jail cell. Basilio sits in shadows. : Juli is in the convent

**SIMUN (watching from carriage) **: They imprison the future. Tonight, they will all burn. Manila Cathedral. Paulita Gomez marries Juanito Pelaez. All elites present – friars, officials, rich merchants.

: That lamp will kill her! SIMUN : Yes. Then the people will rise. But you must not waver

**BASILIO (grabbing Simoun’s arm) **: Stop! Juli jumped from the convent bell tower. She is dead. The Prayle drove her to it. But killing everyone will not bring her back. : You betray me? BASILIO : I betray vengeance. There is another way.