I wish only to obey the commands of my father." "I absolve you from them." "They are between God and my soul.

There is no absolution from duty." "Grace of God! Hear you, Senora! Hear you the rebellious and disobedient one! She has defied me to my face! She is near to being anathema! She is not your daughter! She is bewitched.

Some evil spirit has possession of her.

Let no one touch her or speak to her; it shall be a mortal sin." Antonia fell at her mother's knee.

"Mi madre! I am your daughter, your Antonia, that you carried in your breast, and that loves you better than life.