**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.
: Juli, you work slowly. You need spiritual correction. Come to my office tonight. **JULI (trembling) **: Father, please… I am betrothed. PADRE SALVI : Betrothals are nothing before God. (leaves) El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script
**PAULITA (whispering to friend) **: I once liked Isagani, but he has no future. Juanito will inherit lands. **BASILIO (grabbing Simoun’s arm) **: Stop
Guardia Civil approach. Simoun hands Basilio a box. The Prayle drove her to it
**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.
: 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.
Paulita leaves, but listens from behind a curtain.