Rafael.
It must succeed! It's beautiful. My God, I know it's beautiful! Because it is you, Rosa, shining through my art, lifting up my spirit till I can't call the work mine. It comes from you and from God!
Rosa.
Then, against my will, will you put me between God and the message he sends to the world through you? No!
Rafael.
I must accept the challenge you have made. I am a musician; but I'm a man first!
Rosa.
But—but I——
[She weeps.
Rafael.