“My God, my God!” cried the priest, covering his head with his hands. “Thou punisheth me. So be it! But watch over my child.”
And turning to the young woman: “You want to be a nun? You shall be one. I do not want you to die.”
Maria Clara took his two hands, clasped them in her own and kissed them as she knelt.
“Godfather, my godfather!” she repeated.
Immediately, Father Dámaso went out, sad, with drooping head and sighing.
“God, O God! Thou existeth, for Thou punisheth. But avenge Thyself on me and do not harm the innocent. Save my child!”
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