Judge (after looking at his papers): "I see. The Englishman went away after the pair of you had killed Don Bartolomé?"
Manuela: "That is not true. He went away to bathe, and then I killed Estéban with his own knife. I killed him because he told me that he intended to murder me, and the English gentleman who had been kind to me. I confess it—I confessed it to the alguazils and the carcelero. You may twist what I say as you will, to please your friends, but the truth is in what I say."
Judge: "Silence! It is for you to answer the questions which I put to you. You forget yourself, Manuela. But I will take your confession as true for the moment. Supposing it to be true, did you not stab Don Bartolomé in the neck in order that you might be free?"
Manuela: "I killed him to defend myself and an innocent person. I have told you so."
Judge: "Why should Don Bartolomé wish to kill you?"
Manuela: "He hated me because I had refused to do his pleasure. He wished to make me bad——"
Judge (lifting his hands and throwing his head up): "Bad! Was he not jealous of the Englishman?"
Manuela: "I don't know."
Judge: "Did he not tell you that the Englishman was your lover? Did you not say so to Fray Juan de la Cruz?"
Manuela: "He spoke falsely. It was not true. He may have believed it."