Judge: "We are not discussing the Englishman's private affairs. Answer my questions?"
Manuela: "I cannot answer them."
Judge: "You mean that you will not, Manuela. Did you not know that the Englishman caused your crucifix to be set in gold, like a holy relic?"
Manuela: "I did not know it."
Judge: "We have it on your own confession that you slew Don Bartolomé Ramonez in the wood of La Huerca, and you admit that the Englishman was protecting you before that dreadful deed was done, that he has since paid for your treatment in prison, and that he has treasured your crucifix like a sacred relic?"
Manuela: "You are pleased to say these things. I don't say them. You wish to incriminate a person who has been kind to me."
Judge: "I will ask you one more question, Manuela. Why did you give yourself up to justice?"
Manuela (after a painful pause, speaking with high fervour and some approach to dramatic effect): "I will answer you, señor Juez. It was because I knew that Don Luis would contrive the death of Don Osmundo if I did not prove him innocent."
Judge (rising, very angry): "Silence! The court cannot entertain your views of persons not concerned in your crime."
Manuela: "But——" (She shrugged, and looked away.)