1. His Majesty has triumphed again!Copy !req
2. I did pale beside the radiance
of His Majesty.Copy !req
3. I didn't know
she was interested in religion.Copy !req
4. I wonder who
His Majesty will favour today?Copy !req
5. What devine benevolence.Copy !req
6. - I haven't seen her at court before.
- What some people will do.Copy !req
7. Really. Provincial bitch.Copy !req
8. Encore! Encore! Encore!Copy !req
9. A most original conception,
Your Majesty,Copy !req
10. the birth of Venus.Copy !req
11. I pray that I may assist you
in the birth of a new France,Copy !req
12. where Church and State are one.Copy !req
13. Amen.Copy !req
14. And may the Protestant be driven
from the land.Copy !req
15. Come on,
you Protestant bastards!Copy !req
16. Come on, keep moving!Copy !req
17. Put your back into it!Copy !req
18. Move!Copy !req
19. Move!Copy !req
20. Get on! Come on, there! Move!Copy !req
21. I won't tell you again.Copy !req
22. Pull, you Protestant pigs! Pull!Copy !req
23. Push it!Copy !req
24. The religious warsCopy !req
25. are over.Copy !req
26. Catholic no longer fightsCopy !req
27. with Protestant.Copy !req
28. We have survived.Copy !req
29. And we owe our survivalCopy !req
30. to the wisdom and to the humanityCopy !req
31. of one man,Copy !req
32. Georges de Sainte Marthe,Copy !req
33. Governor of Loudun.Copy !req
34. For it was he
who prevailed upon all faiths alikeCopy !req
35. to keep the peace.Copy !req
36. And thus saved our city
from self-destruction.Copy !req
37. Other towns were less fortunate.Copy !req
38. And now our friend has been killed
by the plague.Copy !req
39. People of Loudun,Copy !req
40. as often as you see our city wallsCopy !req
41. standing, still proud and erect,Copy !req
42. no matter what your faith,Copy !req
43. then surely you must feel a needCopy !req
44. to build a temple in your heartsCopy !req
45. in remembrance of he
who preserved them for you.Copy !req
46. - Amen.
Amen.Copy !req
47. - Oh, hurry up, it's my turn now!
- It's not! I haven't seen anything yet.Copy !req
48. If they don't hurry, he'll be gone!Copy !req
49. Is he as handsome as they say?Copy !req
50. Oh, I can't see...Copy !req
51. Yes! I can see the procession.
It's coming up the steps!Copy !req
52. But I can't see
whether he's handsome yet.Copy !req
53. Yes! I can see him!Copy !req
54. He's the most beautiful man
in the world!Copy !req
55. Sister Agnes! Sister Agnes!Copy !req
56. Sister Agnes!
Sister Agnes! Sister Agnes!Copy !req
57. Why have you left your devotions?Copy !req
58. They were watching Father Grandier.Copy !req
59. We wanted to see the funeral processionCopy !req
60. of Monsieur Sainte Marthe,
Reverend Mother.Copy !req
61. Satan is ever-ready to seduce us
with sensual delights.Copy !req
62. Your prayers for Sainte Marthe
will be the more zealousCopy !req
63. for not seeing his funeral.Copy !req
64. That is the strength
of the enclosed order.Copy !req
65. Yes, I know, Reverend Mother,
but it was a solemn RequiemCopy !req
66. and the Cardinal would have given us
a dispensation to attend.Copy !req
67. The powers of your uncle the Cardinal
are not in dispute, Sister Agnes.Copy !req
68. You are not satisfied
with the contemplative life.Copy !req
69. You should have joined the Poor Clares,
nursed the victims of the plague,Copy !req
70. scrubbed out their vermin-ridden hovels.Copy !req
71. - But Mother, I love our order.
- Then you shall combine the two,Copy !req
72. scrub out the convent from top to bottom
on your kneesCopy !req
73. and pray for the soul
of the dead man at the same time.Copy !req
74. Every Tuesday afternoon, an hour in bedCopy !req
75. with the lace-maker's widow,
then off to take confession.Copy !req
76. I mean, the hypocrisy of it.Copy !req
77. It's no worse than
his penitents, the pretty ones, anyway.Copy !req
78. They do it right there,
in the sacristy, almost in front ofCopy !req
79. the blessed sacrament.Copy !req
80. Grandier could have me
anywhere, even on the Holy Altar itself.Copy !req
81. Shh! That's sacrilege!
Look, there he is!Copy !req
82. Now, there's a man
well worth going to Hell for, eh?Copy !req
83. Don't look at me!
Don't look at me! Don't look at me!Copy !req
84. I'm beautiful! I'm beautiful!Copy !req
85. Take away my hump.Copy !req
86. Take away my hump.Copy !req
87. Take away my hump.Copy !req
88. Christ, let me find a way to you.Copy !req
89. Take me in your sacred arms.Copy !req
90. Let the blood flow between us,
uniting us.Copy !req
91. Grandier.Copy !req
92. Grandier.Copy !req
93. Translate as you go, line by line.Copy !req
94. "Pleasure in lust is nasty
and short and sickness."Copy !req
95. Weariness.Copy !req
96. "And weariness follows on desire."Copy !req
97. Go on.Copy !req
98. Oh! I don't like it! I hate it.Copy !req
99. Your father sends you here
for instruction in Latin.Copy !req
100. And we must not deceive him.Copy !req
101. "But in everlasting leisure like this,Copy !req
102. "lie still and kiss time away.Copy !req
103. "No weariness and no shame.Copy !req
104. "Now, then, and shall be all pleasure.Copy !req
105. "No end to it.Copy !req
106. "But an eternal beginning."Copy !req
107. Why are you crying?Copy !req
108. I'm pregnant.Copy !req
109. And so it ends.Copy !req
110. You must learn to bear your cross
with Christian fortitude, my child.Copy !req
111. I'm frightened.Copy !req
112. Yes, of course.Copy !req
113. How can I own the child?Copy !req
114. I am very frightened!Copy !req
115. And there was such bravery in love,
wasn't there, Phillipe?Copy !req
116. All through those summer nights,Copy !req
117. how unafraid we were each time
we huddled down together.Copy !req
118. Remember?Copy !req
119. We laughed as we roused the animal.Copy !req
120. - And now, it's devoured us.
- Help me.Copy !req
121. And we were to have been
each other's salvation.Copy !req
122. - Did I really believe it possible?
- I love you.Copy !req
123. Yes, I did believe it.Copy !req
124. I remember leaving you one day,
you'd been unusually adroit.Copy !req
125. I was full of that indecent confidence
which comes after perfect coupling.Copy !req
126. As I went, I thought...Copy !req
127. Honestly, I thought,
the body can transcend its purpose.Copy !req
128. It could become a thing of such purityCopy !req
129. that it could be worshipped
to the limits of imagination.Copy !req
130. Everything is allowed. All is right.Copy !req
131. And such perfection lends
for an understanding of thisCopy !req
132. hideous state of existence.Copy !req
133. But what is it now? Hmm?Copy !req
134. An egg.Copy !req
135. A thing of loneliness, weariness,Copy !req
136. sickness.Copy !req
137. Where is love?Copy !req
138. Where indeed?Copy !req
139. Go to your father.Copy !req
140. Tell him the truth.Copy !req
141. Let him find some good man.Copy !req
142. They exist.Copy !req
143. Help me.Copy !req
144. How can I help you?Copy !req
145. Hold my hand.Copy !req
146. Like touching the dead, isn't it?Copy !req
147. Goodbye, Phillipe.Copy !req
148. Don't be too long.Copy !req
149. - Up your end.
- He's leaking.Copy !req
150. Don't you dare.Copy !req
151. Bring out your dead!Copy !req
152. They're all dead!
They're all dying!Copy !req
153. Father! Father, please come quickly.Copy !req
154. The chemist and the surgeon,
it's no good, Mother is dying!Copy !req
155. A delicate dusting of pollen,
nature's most fragrant balm,Copy !req
156. eucalyptus pollen.Copy !req
157. From the Greek kaluptos,
covered flower protected by a cap.Copy !req
158. A trap for the heroic hornet.Copy !req
159. Hymenopterous healer.Copy !req
160. A poison to exorcise poison.Copy !req
161. - Kill or cure!Copy !req
162. Yesterday, powdered mistletoe.
Black cherry water.Copy !req
163. It's a recognised cure!
Nobody ever complains!Copy !req
164. Leeches! Dried vipers!Copy !req
165. Sarsaparilla and poppy heads,
and now what?Copy !req
166. - Hornets?Copy !req
167. - Mother, please!Copy !req
168. And what fresh lunacy is this?Copy !req
169. - A crocodile?
- Schoolgirls walking two by two.Copy !req
170. Simian reptile,
corpuscular circulation, invaluable aid.Copy !req
171. Not the crocodile!Copy !req
172. Turn your face towards God, my daughter.
Be glad. Be glad.Copy !req
173. You stand on the threshold
of everlasting life. I envy you.Copy !req
174. Bring out your dead!Copy !req
175. - Bring out your dead!
- Bring out your dead!Copy !req
176. - Bring out your dead!
- Bring out your dead!Copy !req
177. Let us pray for her together.Copy !req
178. We commend to thee, O Lord,
the soul of thy servant, Madame...Copy !req
179. De Brou.Copy !req
180. De Brou.Copy !req
181. De Brou.Copy !req
182. And although to this world she is dead,
to thee may she still live.Copy !req
183. And the sins she has committed
in this life through...Copy !req
184. through human frailtyCopy !req
185. do thou in thy merciful goodnessCopy !req
186. forgive.Copy !req
187. - Amen.
- Amen.Copy !req
188. Where are you?Copy !req
189. Hiding among the corpses, are you?Copy !req
190. Come out, you coward!
The dead shall not save you now.Copy !req
191. - Where is he?
- Who?Copy !req
192. The priest!
That desecrator of virtue, Grandier.Copy !req
193. No woman in the entire town is safe
from the lust of that man. Not one!Copy !req
194. - Neither mother nor daughter.
- Living or dead.Copy !req
195. Necrophilia interruptus.Copy !req
196. Virga distracta. Whores.Copy !req
197. He stinks of sanctimonious whores.Copy !req
198. Enough, sir. You slander my daughter.Copy !req
199. - He's inside the house, Mr Magistrate.
- He's upstairs, inside the house.Copy !req
200. There he is!Copy !req
201. Despoiler of my child, my innocent lamb!Copy !req
202. Even the most innocent lamb is destined
for the lustful ram, Monsieur Trincant.Copy !req
203. Her lily-white purity is stained!Copy !req
204. Except in sermons,
or in Heaven.Copy !req
205. Even lilies decay into rottenness, sir.Copy !req
206. Catch!Copy !req
207. I'll see you in Hell!Copy !req
208. Walking on a living pavement
of aborted bastards, no doubt.Copy !req
209. - You foul, God-forsaken creature!Copy !req
210. He ought to be reported to the Pope.Copy !req
211. He ought to be prosecuted as well,
Mr Magistrate.Copy !req
212. My cousin tells me
his daughter is pregnant.Copy !req
213. Well, you have your whores.
Why do you have to meddle with her?Copy !req
214. - It seemed a way.
- A way to what?Copy !req
215. I begin to understand at last
that all worldly thingsCopy !req
216. have a single purpose
for a man of my kind.Copy !req
217. Power, politics, riches,
women, pride, ambition.Copy !req
218. I choose them with the same care
that your cousin,Copy !req
219. Monsieur Trincant,
might select a weapon.Copy !req
220. My intention is different.Copy !req
221. You see,Copy !req
222. I need to turn them against myself.Copy !req
223. And bring about your own end?Copy !req
224. I have a great need
to be united with God.Copy !req
225. You're a blasphemy to your cloth.Copy !req
226. I attend Mass daily. I love God.Copy !req
227. And now that both my parents are dead,
I am free to serve Him.Copy !req
228. I know I have a vocation,
Reverend Mother.Copy !req
229. You have the face of a virgin martyr
in a picture book.Copy !req
230. Very pious.Copy !req
231. Respectful black weeds. Very becoming.
That's such a pretty rosary.Copy !req
232. - It was my mother's.
- What's this?Copy !req
233. Oh, yes, The imitation of Christ.Copy !req
234. Solid silver.Copy !req
235. And downcast eyes.Copy !req
236. Hiding what? Virtue or lechery?Copy !req
237. So you have one sin, at least.
The sin of pride.Copy !req
238. Do you know why most of us are here?Copy !req
239. Because you love Our Lord, Jesus Christ
and wish to serve Him.Copy !req
240. Most of the nuns here are noble women
who have embraced the monastic lifeCopy !req
241. because there was not enough money
at home to provide them with dowries.Copy !req
242. Or they were unmarriageable
because ugly, a burden to the family.Copy !req
243. Communities which ought to be furnaces
where souls are forever on fireCopy !req
244. with the love of God are merely dead
with the grey ashes of convenience.Copy !req
245. Here is a book written by the founder
of our order, Angela Merici.Copy !req
246. When you've studied it,
come back and I shall question you.Copy !req
247. Thank you, Mother.Copy !req
248. God bless you.Copy !req
249. I'm not surprised
that Angela Merici's bookCopy !req
250. of sanctimonious claptrap confused you.Copy !req
251. Most religions believe
that by crying "Lord! Lord!"Copy !req
252. Often enough they can contrive
to enter the kingdom of Heaven.Copy !req
253. A flock of trained parrots could
just as readily cry the same thingCopy !req
254. with just as little chance of success.Copy !req
255. You can do more good outside
the cloister than you can within.Copy !req
256. Among the Ursulines or the Carmelites,Copy !req
257. you'll be hiding your light
under a bushel.Copy !req
258. Your place is here, in Loudun.Copy !req
259. And your vocationCopy !req
260. to give a shining example of wisdom
to all those foolish virginsCopy !req
261. whose thoughts dwell
on perishable vanities.Copy !req
262. And now I must take confession.Copy !req
263. Yes, Father, thank you.Copy !req
264. Father, I have sinned.Copy !req
265. And I have come to ask your forgiveness.Copy !req
266. When did you last confess, my child?Copy !req
267. You should know!Copy !req
268. This is a church.
Not a marketplace.Copy !req
269. - You will speak with respect.
- But you did love me, I mean I know.Copy !req
270. I mean, all those hours we spent
together in each other's arms...Copy !req
271. That's enough!Copy !req
272. You will not wallow complacently
in your own filth!Copy !req
273. What about yours? What about your sins?Copy !req
274. To confess is to seek forgiveness,Copy !req
275. not to blame others. Be quiet there!Copy !req
276. Oh, what shall I do?Copy !req
277. Your humiliation is nothing.Copy !req
278. If God wants you to suffer,
then you should want to suffer.Copy !req
279. And accept that suffering gladly.Copy !req
280. Go now.Copy !req
281. Do not sin again.Copy !req
282. And for your penance,Copy !req
283. fast for the rest of the day,
on your knees, in front of God,Copy !req
284. praying for His forgiveness.Copy !req
285. I absolve thee from thy sins.Copy !req
286. Amen.Copy !req
287. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.Copy !req
288. - When did you last confess, child?
- A week ago, Father.Copy !req
289. What have you to tell me?Copy !req
290. I have suffered from pride.Copy !req
291. We must always be on guard.Copy !req
292. I worked all of yesterday
and all of the nightCopy !req
293. nursing the victims of the plague
and I was pleased with myself.Copy !req
294. God allows us satisfaction
in the work that we do.Copy !req
295. I have also been guilty of anger.Copy !req
296. Tell me.Copy !req
297. Well, Sister Jeanne of the Angels
provoked me and I wished her elsewhere.Copy !req
298. You are absolved.Copy !req
299. Is there anything else?Copy !req
300. Quickly, others are waiting.Copy !req
301. I've had unclean thoughts.Copy !req
302. Of what nature?Copy !req
303. About a man.Copy !req
304. - What is his name?
- I...Copy !req
305. I think of him in the early hours
of the morning.Copy !req
306. My bedroom is suffocatingly hot.Copy !req
307. My thoughts are sinful,
yet they are so tender.Copy !req
308. My body, Father...
My body, I wish to be touched.Copy !req
309. Do you try to get these thoughts
out of your mind?Copy !req
310. - Or do you like them?
- I have prayed.Copy !req
311. Do you wish to be saved from this?Copy !req
312. - Answer.
- No.Copy !req
313. I wish to take... possess...Copy !req
314. Destroy me, I love you... him.Copy !req
315. I love him.Copy !req
316. In the convent, I would have been safe.Copy !req
317. I love you.Copy !req
318. Go to my house.Copy !req
319. Wait for me there.Copy !req
320. Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.Copy !req
321. But you were here only yesterday.Copy !req
322. Yes, Father,
but since then I have been guilty of...Copy !req
323. guilty of... What was it now?Copy !req
324. If you have forgotten,Copy !req
325. perhaps God has also.Copy !req
326. Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for me, a sinner.Copy !req
327. Now and always, Amen.Copy !req
328. Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.Copy !req
329. Blessed are you among all women,
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.Copy !req
330. Holy Mary, Mother of God,Copy !req
331. pray for me, a sinner.Copy !req
332. I want to tell you.Copy !req
333. Yes?Copy !req
334. You know the love-making?Copy !req
335. Yes.Copy !req
336. I want to tell you, Madeleine,Copy !req
337. that amongst the clothes dropped
on the floorCopy !req
338. and the gropingCopy !req
339. and the sweatingCopy !req
340. and the soiled sheets,Copy !req
341. amongst all thatCopy !req
342. there is some love.Copy !req
343. Human love?Copy !req
344. You understand it that way?Copy !req
345. I think so.Copy !req
346. Do I love you?Copy !req
347. I think so.Copy !req
348. Then what else can I give you?Copy !req
349. I am a simple person.
I see the world as I have been taught.Copy !req
350. I am a sinner, but I do not think
that God has deserted me.Copy !req
351. I would not be afraid to come
before Him with you, even in our sin.Copy !req
352. You shame me.Copy !req
353. Go.Copy !req
354. I've hurt you.Copy !req
355. I've hurt you. Forgive me.Copy !req
356. Go!Copy !req
357. Oh, God, help me.Copy !req
358. I love this woman.Copy !req
359. Let us find a way to you together.Copy !req
360. The fifth sorrowful mystery
of the rosary,Copy !req
361. Christ crucified.Copy !req
362. As we say these Aves, Sisters,Copy !req
363. let us think of the pain
that Christ sufferedCopy !req
364. when they nailed him to the cross,Copy !req
365. left Him to hang there
until he was dead.Copy !req
366. Think of His most beautiful body,Copy !req
367. torn by the nails,Copy !req
368. the blood oozing over his hands,Copy !req
369. which twitched with every hammer blow.Copy !req
370. And He suffered all this for love.Copy !req
371. For love.Copy !req
372. Forgive us our sins!
Forgive us our sins!Copy !req
373. Marriage? Marriage is a law of nature.Copy !req
374. And therefore, a law of God.Copy !req
375. I don't question whether marriage
is a natural and holy thing,Copy !req
376. but whether it is a right and proper
thing that a priest might marry.Copy !req
377. If you care to read every law
in the New Testament,Copy !req
378. you won't find anywhere
that it's forbidden to marry.Copy !req
379. In fact, marriage is exalted so high
it becomes a sacrament, doesn't it?Copy !req
380. Virginity is also praised
as a noble virtue.Copy !req
381. St Paul says that he who marries
does a good thing,Copy !req
382. but he who remains chaste
does something better.Copy !req
383. Then I am content
merely to do a good thingCopy !req
384. and leave the best to those
that can face it.Copy !req
385. Christ never forbade
the apostles to marry.Copy !req
386. Most of them were married,
with families.Copy !req
387. They gave them all up,
nevertheless, to follow Him.Copy !req
388. Out of convenience, not obligation.Copy !req
389. I mean, can you imagine
all those wives and childrenCopy !req
390. traipsing across those endless deserts
and up the mountainsides?Copy !req
391. Oh, no, they remained well
and truly married until the end.Copy !req
392. So there is no law of God
compelling Grandier to be celibate?Copy !req
393. I...Copy !req
394. take the words of Our Creator
as my gospel,Copy !req
395. "It is not good for man to be alone."Copy !req
396. You've almost put my conscience at rest.Copy !req
397. Who is responsible?Copy !req
398. Who is in charge here?Copy !req
399. Speak, you have tongues!
Who is responsible for this?Copy !req
400. I ask again, who is responsible here?Copy !req
401. Baron de Laubardemont,Copy !req
402. First President of the Court of Appeal,Copy !req
403. Member of the Council for the StateCopy !req
404. and now His Majesty's
Special CommissionerCopy !req
405. for the demolition of the fortifications
of Loudun, at your service, Father.Copy !req
406. For what purpose has
His Majesty authorisedCopy !req
407. the destruction of our town,
Baron de Laubardemont?Copy !req
408. I thought you would have been the first
to guess the purpose, Father,Copy !req
409. and the first to condone it.
Loudun is a nest of dangerous Huguenots.Copy !req
410. They outnumber we
good Catholics two to one.Copy !req
411. Every single Protestant in Loudun
remained loyal to the King and to FranceCopy !req
412. throughout the religious wars.Copy !req
413. Today's loyalty is no guarantee
against tomorrow's rebellion.Copy !req
414. I speak as I find.
Where is His Majesty's proclamation?Copy !req
415. Don't concern yourself with politics,
Father, your penitents are waiting.Copy !req
416. Grandier! Grandier!Copy !req
417. I ask you once again,Copy !req
418. where is His Majesty's proclamation
authorising this demolition?Copy !req
419. For a common priest you act
uncommonly like a governor, Father.Copy !req
420. - Where is your authority?
- Here!Copy !req
421. By the authority of our late Governor,
Sainte Marthe.Copy !req
422. Assuring me full powers until such time
as a new election is held.Copy !req
423. Here!Copy !req
424. His Majesty's proclamation
has been delayed.Copy !req
425. The matter of a few days,
a mere formality.Copy !req
426. Should one more stone be torn
from our city walls, youCopy !req
427. will be dead before
it touches the ground.Copy !req
428. Stop!Copy !req
429. Work will cease from this moment,
pending the arrival of the proclamation.Copy !req
430. - Well done, Father.
- God bless you, Father.Copy !req
431. - Only you could have done that, Father.
- Thank you.Copy !req
432. Good, Father. Good.Copy !req
433. We'll always think of you,
Father, for what you've done.Copy !req
434. - Well done, Grandier.
- Well done.Copy !req
435. - God bless you.
- Well done, Father.Copy !req
436. It is a simple matter to understand,
Your Majesty.Copy !req
437. The self-government of the small,
provincial towns of France must cease.Copy !req
438. The first step is to pull down
all kinds of fortifications.Copy !req
439. Yes!Copy !req
440. So now it's the turn of our town.Copy !req
441. - Is everything to be torn down?
- That is what they want.Copy !req
442. It is a trick, of course!Copy !req
443. Every time there's a so-called
nationalist revival, it means one thing,Copy !req
444. somebody is trying to seize control
of the entire country.Copy !req
445. The significance of our walls
is that we are self-governing!Copy !req
446. Yes!Copy !req
447. Richelieu hates this.Copy !req
448. He deceives the King.Copy !req
449. If France is to fulfil her own destiny,
she must be free within herself.Copy !req
450. Yes!Copy !req
451. Ignorant and crafty provincials like usCopy !req
452. cannot see beyond the city walls.Copy !req
453. And so they are ordered to be torn down.Copy !req
454. Will it broaden our view?Copy !req
455. Such men, sire, have little vision.Copy !req
456. Their loyalties are to their cities,
not to France.Copy !req
457. Yes!Copy !req
458. When a man is intent on power,
as Richelieu is,Copy !req
459. he can justify his actions
with absurdities.Copy !req
460. Fortifications provide opportunities
for Protestant uprising.Copy !req
461. Yes!Copy !req
462. With our walls gone,
we shall be defenceless,Copy !req
463. at the mercy of any enemy, as weakCopy !req
464. and as helpless as a country village.Copy !req
465. And with the security
of our independence gone,Copy !req
466. our freedoms would go, too.Copy !req
467. We must write to the King,
declare our loyaltyCopy !req
468. and trust in his wisdom and justice.Copy !req
469. No!Copy !req
470. All the others if you like, Richelieu.Copy !req
471. If you can manage it. But not Loudun.Copy !req
472. We once promised dear old Sainte Marthe,
the late lamented Governor,Copy !req
473. that we would never touch
one teeny-weeny stoneCopy !req
474. of his precious city.Copy !req
475. You would surely not expect us
to go back on our word?Copy !req
476. No, Your Majesty.Copy !req
477. Yes!Copy !req
478. Yes!Copy !req
479. - Out you go, pretty little birdie.
- Fly away.Copy !req
480. Another Protestant bird
for your bag, Richelieu.Copy !req
481. Honourably done, Your Majesty.Copy !req
482. Bye-bye, blackbird!Copy !req
483. "Father Moussault was a very good man.Copy !req
484. "It was God's will,
but his death leaves us with a problem.Copy !req
485. "We need a new Father Confessor.Copy !req
486. "I have never met you, Father Grandier,Copy !req
487. "but God has often put you
into my thoughts lately."Copy !req
488. Bless this ring, O Lord,
which we bless in thy name.Copy !req
489. May she who is to wear it
be ever faithful to her husband.Copy !req
490. May she enjoy the peace of mind
docile to thy will,Copy !req
491. loving and being loved in thee,Copy !req
492. as long as life shall last.Copy !req
493. "And so Father Grandier, I trust
you will become our spiritual directorCopy !req
494. "and provide us with
the guidance we need.Copy !req
495. "Yours in Christ."Copy !req
496. With this ring, I thee wed.Copy !req
497. This gold and silver, I thee give.Copy !req
498. With my body, I thee worship.Copy !req
499. And with all my worldly gifts,
I thee endow.Copy !req
500. In the name of the FatherCopy !req
501. and of the SonCopy !req
502. and of the Holy Ghost.Copy !req
503. Amen.Copy !req
504. Grandier.Copy !req
505. Grandier.Copy !req
506. We should step out into the sunlight.Copy !req
507. Bells should tell the world about us.Copy !req
508. It shouldn't be night
and as quiet as this.Copy !req
509. Dear God, my husband,Copy !req
510. kiss me.Copy !req
511. Son of a lawyer.Copy !req
512. Nephew of the learned
Canon Grandier of Sainte.Copy !req
513. Educated for 10 years at the
Jesuit College of BordeauxCopy !req
514. as undergraduate, theological student,
and after his ordination in 1615Copy !req
515. as Jesuit novice.Copy !req
516. At 27, after two years of advanced
theology and philosophy,Copy !req
517. presented by the JesuitsCopy !req
518. with the important living
at St Peter's in Loudun.Copy !req
519. - Made Canon of...
- Cha!Copy !req
520. With a progressive Jesuit upbringing,Copy !req
521. it's not surprising your priest
is bold and wilful.Copy !req
522. If he were allowed to become
governor of Loudun,Copy !req
523. he would defend
Catholic and Protestant alike.Copy !req
524. And have command
of the most heavily fortified townCopy !req
525. in all Poitou, Your Eminence.Copy !req
526. As long as Loudun stands, we will
never gain control of the Southwest.Copy !req
527. Its fortifications must be demolished.Copy !req
528. With the masonry, we could use
to build your new town of Richelieu.Copy !req
529. Except the rebel priest
will not allow one stone to be touched.Copy !req
530. - And neither will the King.
- That is a whim!Copy !req
531. But in the fullness of time,
he will see that it is God's will.Copy !req
532. And what of the militant
Father Grandier, Your Eminence?Copy !req
533. He is far from whimsical.Copy !req
534. If only for the sake
of his immortal soul,Copy !req
535. the priest must be humbled
and his pride crushed.Copy !req
536. But with that Jesuit background,
it will not be easy.Copy !req
537. You know what they say,
"Give us the first seven yearsCopy !req
538. "of a man's life
and you can have the rest.Copy !req
539. - "You'll never break him."
- I, too, have a maxim, Eminence.Copy !req
540. Give me three lines of a man's
handwriting and I will hang him.Copy !req
541. Doors!Copy !req
542. I want to marry Grandier!Copy !req
543. You're already married to Jesus!Copy !req
544. - Silence!Copy !req
545. And do you, Madeleine de Brou,Copy !req
546. take me, Urbain Grandier,
for your unlawfully wedded husband?Copy !req
547. I do, most un-reverend Father.Copy !req
548. Then I now pronounce us man and wife!Copy !req
549. And they shall be one flesh!Copy !req
550. Sister Agnes,
please stop this shameful mockery!Copy !req
551. But it's true. The butcher told me
and he heard it from the surgeon.Copy !req
552. It happened last week.Copy !req
553. I feel that I no longer have
a true vocation, Reverend Mother.Copy !req
554. And my confessor has advised meCopy !req
555. that I can be of more use
out here in the city.Copy !req
556. Whore, strumpet, hypocrite!Copy !req
557. Tell me you have no vocation!
Of course you have a vocation!Copy !req
558. Fornicator! Fornicator,
sacrilegious bitch, seducer of priests.Copy !req
559. That's your calling!Copy !req
560. Your place is in a brothel.
You filthy whore!Copy !req
561. Get back to the gutter where you belong!Copy !req
562. If only he'd seen me first.Copy !req
563. My face under its coif,Copy !req
564. like an angel's face
peeping through a cloud.Copy !req
565. And my eyes...Copy !req
566. Excuse me, Reverend Mother,Copy !req
567. but our new spiritual director is here,
in the chapel.Copy !req
568. He wishes to see you.Copy !req
569. Grandier!Copy !req
570. Oh, Grandier.
Grandier, it's not too late, you'll see.Copy !req
571. Where is Father Grandier?Copy !req
572. My name is Father Mignon.Copy !req
573. My letter was to Father Grandier.Copy !req
574. Father Grandier regrets he cannot acceptCopy !req
575. the invitation to become
director of your house.Copy !req
576. I am to be your new confessor.
Father Grandier hasn't the time.Copy !req
577. He has very pressing duties in the town.Copy !req
578. "Pressing duties in the town."Copy !req
579. I must address myself to God
in this matter.Copy !req
580. Habit. Habit.
It will never do. It must be demured.Copy !req
581. He speaks to me of love.Copy !req
582. Lewd, wanton.Copy !req
583. He plies me with caresses,
lustful, obscene.Copy !req
584. He enters my bed at night
and takes from meCopy !req
585. that which is consecrated
to my divine bridegroom, Jesus Christ.Copy !req
586. And what form does this incubus take?Copy !req
587. Cock!Copy !req
588. Grandier.Copy !req
589. What?Copy !req
590. Grandier.Copy !req
591. Are you aware, my dear, of the
seriousness of what you are saying?Copy !req
592. Yes. Help me, Father.Copy !req
593. But of course I can prove nothing.Copy !req
594. This Mother Superior may be little more
than a hysterical nun.Copy !req
595. Exactly.Copy !req
596. Mere conjecture.
Now, my daughter's pregnancy.Copy !req
597. Is that not evidence enough?Copy !req
598. Evidence of fornication, certainly.Copy !req
599. Yes, but whether lay or clerical,
it might be rather difficult to prove.Copy !req
600. As you should well know, Mr Magistrate.Copy !req
601. He has a point there.
His Excellency has a point.Copy !req
602. I told you.Copy !req
603. Take her out!Copy !req
604. Surely our evidence
is damning enough on its own.Copy !req
605. A blasphemous nuptial Mass.Copy !req
606. Observed from the back of the church
in total darkness.Copy !req
607. And fornication.
I've heard it, through the keyhole.Copy !req
608. I have it documented. 10:00, 4:00
and half past eight yesterday.Copy !req
609. Your patriotism does you proud,
gentlemen, but it is not enough.Copy !req
610. Father Mignon's evidence
holds the most promise.Copy !req
611. It must be substantiated, of course.Copy !req
612. But if it is a genuine case
of possession by devilsCopy !req
613. and if Grandier himself was proved
to be involved,Copy !req
614. yes, I think it bears investigation,
gentlemen.Copy !req
615. I shall be only too happy to supply you
with any medical advice, Baron.Copy !req
616. And I will comment on any chemical
or biological manifestations.Copy !req
617. May I attend as a disinterested party?Copy !req
618. Father?Copy !req
619. Certainly. If this is a genuine case,
then the more the merrier...Copy !req
620. She's already complaining
of spasmodic swelling of the belly.Copy !req
621. Fascinating!Copy !req
622. Not unusual. Sense of false pregnancy.Copy !req
623. - Known it before.
- Nothing to do with the devil.Copy !req
624. Wind.Copy !req
625. Conjecture is useless.
We need a professional witch-hunter.Copy !req
626. We must send for Father Barre.Copy !req
627. Good morning, Sister.
My name is Father Barre.Copy !req
628. Are you well?Copy !req
629. I'm very well, thank you, Father.Copy !req
630. Excellent.Copy !req
631. Are you there?Copy !req
632. Are you there?Copy !req
633. Come now, declare yourself
in the name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.Copy !req
634. Dear Sister in Christ,
I must question you.Copy !req
635. Will you kneel down?Copy !req
636. Do you remember the first time your
thoughts were turned to evil things?Copy !req
637. Yes, Father.Copy !req
638. I had a vision. I saw a man
walking across the waters of a lake.Copy !req
639. I dried his person with my hair.Copy !req
640. I had a great knowledge of love,
which persisted throughout my prayers.Copy !req
641. I could not rid my mind of this man
for several days.Copy !req
642. Who was this man?Copy !req
643. There was a mist. I couldn't see him.Copy !req
644. This is nothing.
This public exorcism was a mistake.Copy !req
645. Let's stop it now before we become
the laughing-stock of the entire town.Copy !req
646. We are unconvinced, my dear Sister.Copy !req
647. And if our conviction remains untouched,Copy !req
648. I do not have to remind you
that you face eternal damnation.Copy !req
649. Poor Reverend Mother,
what are they going to do now?Copy !req
650. Speak. Speak.Copy !req
651. It was night.
He came into my room, smiling.Copy !req
652. Name him.Copy !req
653. - I cannot. It was dark.
- Was he alone?Copy !req
654. No, six of his creatures were with him.Copy !req
655. Then? Then?Copy !req
656. He took me gently in his arms,
he carried me into the chapel.Copy !req
657. Each of his creatures took
one of my beloved Sisters with them.Copy !req
658. Come here.Copy !req
659. What?Copy !req
660. She says she and her Sisters
were compelledCopy !req
661. to form themselves
into an obscene altar.Copy !req
662. Shh!
- And were worshipped.Copy !req
663. Again.Copy !req
664. And then my love and I,
in a naked embraceCopy !req
665. ascended into Heaven
and bathed in a sea of stars.Copy !req
666. I have found peace.Copy !req
667. The woman's mad.Copy !req
668. - Morning.
- Morning.Copy !req
669. Where shall I put it?
Down your end.Copy !req
670. A bit chilly this morning.
Still, we mustn't complain.Copy !req
671. That was no devil.Copy !req
672. She spoke with her own voice.
The voice of a frustrated woman.Copy !req
673. That's enough!Copy !req
674. Do not be so easily deceived.Copy !req
675. Her very innocence is a sham,
a mask of deceit devisedCopy !req
676. by the cunning of Satan.Copy !req
677. Be assured,
the fiend is silently lurkingCopy !req
678. - in some hidden recess of her body.Copy !req
679. This medical examination will reveal him
and then we shall do battle.Copy !req
680. This is a fiasco.
We shall need more evidence.Copy !req
681. Find out when Grandier is away.
His room must be searched.Copy !req
682. And your daughter may have
to give testimony after all.Copy !req
683. Yes, Excellency. Yes.Copy !req
684. Well?Copy !req
685. - Well, as a professional man...
- He speaks for me.Copy !req
686. - I don't like to commit myself.
- Even so.Copy !req
687. Well, let's put it this way,
there's been hanky-panky.Copy !req
688. Don't mince words.
There's been fornication?Copy !req
689. - Lust! She's been had, hmm?
- I'll say.Copy !req
690. Thank you, gentlemen. That's all I need.
Prepare for the exorcism.Copy !req
691. My beloved Sister.
Yes?Copy !req
692. - It must be extreme measures.
- What do you mean, Father?Copy !req
693. The fiend must be forced from you.Copy !req
694. Consecrate the water, please,
Father Mignon.Copy !req
695. Through that instrument, my child,
lies your salvation.Copy !req
696. Christ, no!Copy !req
697. - Do you hear me, Asmodée?
- Mercy! Mercy!Copy !req
698. Unhand me, you Christ-loving runts!Copy !req
699. You are within.
The Antichrist has spoken!Copy !req
700. Forgive me. I didn't mean it.Copy !req
701. Mercy now after your blasphemy
invoked against Our Lord?Copy !req
702. But Father Barre,
it is I speaking to you now,Copy !req
703. Sister Jeanne of the Angels.Copy !req
704. You speak with many voices.Copy !req
705. Christ protect me
from the fangs of Satan!Copy !req
706. Silence, beast!Copy !req
707. No!Copy !req
708. Are you ready, Ibert?Copy !req
709. - We are ready.
Then drive out the fiend.Copy !req
710. - Hold her steady!
- No, Father! No, Father!Copy !req
711. I exorcise thee, most vile spirit,Copy !req
712. - the very embodiment of our enemy...
- Oh, Jesus! Dear loving Jesus...Copy !req
713. The entire stricture,
the whole legion,Copy !req
714. - in the name of Jesus Christ.
- No!Copy !req
715. These priests are depraved!Copy !req
716. It is they who are guilty of sacrilege.
Sister Jeanne is innocent!Copy !req
717. She has been deliberately provoked
by the priests.Copy !req
718. - They have desecrated God's house.
- Oh, shut up!Copy !req
719. - Stop with this spectacle.
- You're blind, all of you!Copy !req
720. This is an offence
against the Holy Spirit!Copy !req
721. Who are these dissenters?Copy !req
722. The smaller one is Legrand, the baker.Copy !req
723. The other one is Rangier,
owns the largest hotel.Copy !req
724. I think we might
soon acquire an interestCopy !req
725. in the catering trade, my friend.Copy !req
726. Excellent, it looks
as if business will be brisk.Copy !req
727. The tourist season
will start early this year.Copy !req
728. We need a larger theatre.Copy !req
729. The Devil, it seems, departed from
the Mother Superior at 10:45 precisely.Copy !req
730. Who is responsible
for this evil possession,Copy !req
731. Sister Jeanne of the Angels?Copy !req
732. - Priest.
- A priest?Copy !req
733. Of what church?Copy !req
734. Peter's...
St Peter's.Copy !req
735. Tell his name.Copy !req
736. Grandier.Copy !req
737. Grandier!Copy !req
738. Don't go tomorrow.Copy !req
739. Hmm?Copy !req
740. I must go.Copy !req
741. If the city's to be saved, I must go.Copy !req
742. Stay here and crush these slanders,
then see the King.Copy !req
743. And lose the chance of a royal audience
for the sake of a crazy nun?Copy !req
744. While I'm away, the whole
ridiculous affair will be forgotten.Copy !req
745. Now go to sleep, will you?Copy !req
746. Have you offended this woman in any way?Copy !req
747. I have never seen her.Copy !req
748. Then why has she picked on you?Copy !req
749. Oh, I don't know.Copy !req
750. Secluded women.Copy !req
751. They give themselves to God,
but something remainsCopy !req
752. which cries out to be given to man.Copy !req
753. I mean, can you imagine being wakened
in the night by a dream?Copy !req
754. A dream of your childhoodCopy !req
755. or your loverCopy !req
756. or even the vision of a good meal.Copy !req
757. Now, this is sin.Copy !req
758. And so you must take up your little whip
and start scourging your body.Copy !req
759. This is discipline.Copy !req
760. But painCopy !req
761. is sensuality.Copy !req
762. And in its vortex
spin images of horror and lust.Copy !req
763. My beloved Sister in Jesus
seems to have set her mind on me.Copy !req
764. There's no reason, a piece of gossip
perhaps, overheard, magnified.Copy !req
765. Anything found in the desert
of a frustrated life can bring hope.Copy !req
766. And with hope comes love.Copy !req
767. And with love comes hate.Copy !req
768. So I possess this woman.Copy !req
769. May God help her in her misery
and unhappiness.Copy !req
770. And may God blessCopy !req
771. and cherish youCopy !req
772. while I am away.Copy !req
773. You're accused
of being in league with the devil!Copy !req
774. And in obstructing Father Barre's cure
of Sister Jeanne.Copy !req
775. You have rebelled against the will
of the Church, the will of ChristCopy !req
776. and the will of his most holy
representative, Cardinal Richelieu!Copy !req
777. And in resisting officers of the Crown
in the passions of their duty,Copy !req
778. you are also guilty of treason!Copy !req
779. You are unrepentant heretics!Copy !req
780. There is no act more vile.Copy !req
781. You're traitors! You'll be executed.Copy !req
782. Now!Copy !req
783. Please, leave us! We love God!Copy !req
784. Stop!Copy !req
785. God has revealed to meCopy !req
786. that these good SistersCopy !req
787. are addled with the fever that torments
the body of Sister Jeanne.Copy !req
788. The evil in her fleshCopy !req
789. has infected the young
and innocent bodies of her charges.Copy !req
790. Sin can be caught
as easily as the plague!Copy !req
791. If Father Barre is right,
my good Sisters,Copy !req
792. you may save yourselves yet.Copy !req
793. You would not be the first
to see the light.Copy !req
794. You are tainted!
The Devil is in your flesh!Copy !req
795. The evil spirit of Grandier
has taken possession of your souls.Copy !req
796. Now you resist him,
but soon he will have his way!Copy !req
797. You will scream.Copy !req
798. Yes.Copy !req
799. - You will blaspheme.
Yes.Copy !req
800. You will no longer be responsible
for your actions.Copy !req
801. Denounce your devilish master Grandier!Copy !req
802. And we will save you!Copy !req
803. A quick word before I leave for home.Copy !req
804. The King was very sympathetic.Copy !req
805. After reading our petition,Copy !req
806. he dictated a letter ordering
Laubardemont to leave our walls intact.Copy !req
807. I could hardly believeCopy !req
808. that so important a thing
could be settled so easily.Copy !req
809. The more I think about it, the more
it seems that the King's heart was movedCopy !req
810. by something more
than usual good sense and understanding.Copy !req
811. Each morning I wake up
with a feeling of optimismCopy !req
812. so strong as to be almost absurd.Copy !req
813. The truth of the matter is
that Richelieu rules the King.Copy !req
814. At the moment the King is smiling on us,
but that may not last too long.Copy !req
815. We will need help and courage.Copy !req
816. Strange thoughts come to me.Copy !req
817. I am like a man who has been lost,
who has always been lost.Copy !req
818. Now, for all kinds of reasons,
I have a vague sense of meaningCopy !req
819. and can think of myself
as a small part of God's abundance,Copy !req
820. which includes everything.Copy !req
821. And I know I want to serve it.Copy !req
822. I want to serve the people of Loudun.
I want to serve you.Copy !req
823. Pray for us all. Especially me.Copy !req
824. Tell me, tell me.Copy !req
825. - That's a left ventricle.
- It's part of a heart of a child.Copy !req
826. Sacrificed at a witches' Sabbath,
no doubt.Copy !req
827. - Look, a consecrated wafer.
- Yeah. Thick blood. Blood of a man.Copy !req
828. Grandier. Grandier?Copy !req
829. That slimy substance
could only be semen.Copy !req
830. - And what's that?
- That's a carrot.Copy !req
831. Make way for His Excellency,
the Duke de Condé.Copy !req
832. Make way!Copy !req
833. I don't wish, my dear Father,
to disturb your devotionsCopy !req
834. and I would never suggest
a member of the Royal Family,Copy !req
835. albeit one so close to the King,Copy !req
836. should take precedence over God
all the same.Copy !req
837. Love me! Love me!
I am at your service, sire.Copy !req
838. These raving women
are possessed of devils, I take it?Copy !req
839. Oh, you lovely man.Copy !req
840. Acting on the instigation
of a priest, sire.Copy !req
841. So I understand.Copy !req
842. - Oh!Copy !req
843. Most amusing. Pray proceed.Copy !req
844. Kiss me! Kiss me!Copy !req
845. Those are women, my darling.
Look well. Vomit, if you wish.Copy !req
846. No, don't touch them.
Man is born of them.Copy !req
847. Gross things, nasty. Breeding ground.
Eggs hatched out in hot dung.Copy !req
848. No, don't wrinkle your little nose,
my pet. Here.Copy !req
849. Take this scent. Some men love them.Copy !req
850. This poor deluded priest, Grandier,
for example, he deserves all he gets.Copy !req
851. With your permission, sire, I'll begin.Copy !req
852. Please do so.Copy !req
853. But first I have a declaration to make.Copy !req
854. This, sire, contains the Holy Eucharist.Copy !req
855. Heavenly Father,
I pray that I may be confoundedCopy !req
856. and that the maledictions of Dathan
and Abiram may fall upon meCopy !req
857. if I have sinned or been at fault
in any way in this affair.Copy !req
858. A very commendable gesture. Bravo!Copy !req
859. Leviathan!Copy !req
860. Leviathan!Copy !req
861. Rouse yourself.Copy !req
862. Rouse yourself in the name
of Our Lord, Jesus Christ!Copy !req
863. Reverend Father, I notice that
you don't speak to these creaturesCopy !req
864. in Latin, as is usual. Why is that?Copy !req
865. They're not conversant
with the language.Copy !req
866. You understand, sire, that there are
uneducated as well as educated devils.Copy !req
867. I am a travelling monkey.Copy !req
868. Quite.Copy !req
869. Listen, filth, I'm going to speak
a name to you. Grandier!Copy !req
870. Grandier!Copy !req
871. Father, may I try this?Copy !req
872. What is in the casket, sire?Copy !req
873. A holy relic from the King's own chapel.Copy !req
874. A phial of the blood
of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.Copy !req
875. Tell me, Father, what effect would
the close proximity of this relic haveCopy !req
876. on devils such as these?Copy !req
877. It would put them to flight.Copy !req
878. - At once?
- Immediately!Copy !req
879. Of course, I couldn't guarantee
that when the relic was removedCopy !req
880. they wouldn't return.Copy !req
881. Of course not.
That would be asking too much.Copy !req
882. Would you care to try?Copy !req
883. In the name of Our Heavenly Father,
I conjure thee, most frightful beings,Copy !req
884. by this most sacred substance,
to depart!Copy !req
885. I am free.Copy !req
886. - I'm free.
- You are most welcome, my child.Copy !req
887. You see?Copy !req
888. You see, Father?Copy !req
889. What sort of a trick
have you played on us?Copy !req
890. Oh, Reverend, sir, what sort of
a trick are you playing on us?Copy !req
891. Have fun.Copy !req
892. Goodbye, ladies. I am very pleased
to have been of some service.Copy !req
893. Come along, my darlings.Copy !req
894. so is the Lord within thee.Copy !req
895. Te Deum!Copy !req
896. I know I am a weak, bad man.Copy !req
897. But after this journey,
I may find the strength to change,Copy !req
898. to summon towards myself
the goodwill and wisdomCopy !req
899. that lies in the people of Loudun.Copy !req
900. The King has secured our stones.Copy !req
901. Now we have to show him that
the city is the strengthCopy !req
902. that lives in the hearts of men,Copy !req
903. that greed and dissension
will never destroy her.Copy !req
904. And with God's help,Copy !req
905. we will change her walls to terraces
that have the colour of stars.Copy !req
906. Save yourself, my daughter, save us all!Copy !req
907. Dispel your evil seducer forever,
reclaim his guilt to the world.Copy !req
908. Give us peace! Give us peace!Copy !req
909. Yield not to me
but to the minister of Christ,Copy !req
910. of His power urges thee,
who subjugated thee to...Copy !req
911. You have turned the house of the Lord
into a circus!Copy !req
912. And its servants into clowns.Copy !req
913. You have seduced the people
in order to destroy them!Copy !req
914. You have perverted the innocent.Copy !req
915. And was not that innocent child,
Madame de BrouCopy !req
916. perverted by your blasphemous
nuptial Mass?Copy !req
917. It wasn't blasphemy!Copy !req
918. We were married without guilt
in the eyes of God!Copy !req
919. He is witness to our love.Copy !req
920. I have prostituted myself!Copy !req
921. For Grandier. I have prostituted myself.Copy !req
922. He promised to make me
a princess in the Devil's court.Copy !req
923. He took me to the witches' Sabbath.
He defiled my body. He was naked.Copy !req
924. He bears the five marks of the Evil One,Copy !req
925. the first mark is on the shoulder.Copy !req
926. The second on the tongue,
the third on the rump,Copy !req
927. the fourth, the fifth on his
right testicle and his left testicle.Copy !req
928. If no blood flows
when these areas are cut or pricked,Copy !req
929. this is the true sign of the Devil!Copy !req
930. No!Copy !req
931. Call me vain and proud,Copy !req
932. the greatest sinner ever
to walk on God's earth.Copy !req
933. But Satan's boy I could never be!Copy !req
934. I haven't the humility.Copy !req
935. I know what I have sown
and I am prepared for what I shall reap.Copy !req
936. But do you, Reverend Mother,
know what you must giveCopy !req
937. to have your wish about me fulfilled?Copy !req
938. I will tell you.Copy !req
939. Your immortal soul to eternal damnation.Copy !req
940. May God have mercy on you.Copy !req
941. Seize him!Copy !req
942. On what charge?
- Heresy!Copy !req
943. Grandier is innocent!Copy !req
944. This inquisition has been designed
to implicate an innocent man!Copy !req
945. - Arrest those men!
- Evil!Copy !req
946. Evil! He is the Devil's filth.
He is a fornicator of women!Copy !req
947. This is a plot.Copy !req
948. Stop! We must stop them!Copy !req
949. A scheme to take him from us!
And when he's gone, to take our city!Copy !req
950. Our freedom!Copy !req
951. For the sake of Christ,
don't stand there.Copy !req
952. Help him!Copy !req
953. Forgive her!Copy !req
954. Forgive her!Copy !req
955. She has been broken by the priests!Copy !req
956. No blood where the tongue was pricked.Copy !req
957. True sign of the Devil.Copy !req
958. Ladies!Copy !req
959. Please.Copy !req
960. "This said priest, Urbain Grandier,
did debauch and defile my personCopy !req
961. "six times between midnight and dawnCopy !req
962. "on the night of May the 13th,
in the year of our Lord, 1634."Copy !req
963. And remember, Sister,Copy !req
964. any attempt to retract
all or part of this statementCopy !req
965. at any time will result in you being
condemned, not only in the next world,Copy !req
966. but also in this one, as well.Copy !req
967. Cut her down! Cut her down!Copy !req
968. Is she dead? Is she dead?Copy !req
969. She's still breathing.Copy !req
970. This is Grandier's work, my child.Copy !req
971. You'll never be free of him
until we've brought him to justice.Copy !req
972. Oh, Christ...Copy !req
973. Oh, Christ...Copy !req
974. I want...Copy !req
975. Oh, God, I need...Copy !req
976. I thought I had found you.Copy !req
977. And now you have forsaken me.Copy !req
978. The Baron Laubardemont tells me you're
ready to confess again, my dear Sister.Copy !req
979. Yes, I want to make amends.Copy !req
980. Grandier.Copy !req
981. I've wronged an innocent man, Father.Copy !req
982. My poor deluded child.Copy !req
983. It is not you speaking,
but the devils within you,Copy !req
984. trying to protect Grandier.Copy !req
985. The exorcisms have failed.Copy !req
986. We must resort to other measures.Copy !req
987. Did you sleep well?Copy !req
988. With all this noise?Copy !req
989. There are thousands out there,Copy !req
990. where would you expect them
to get the beds from?Copy !req
991. Besides, they're all too excited.Copy !req
992. About what?Copy !req
993. Oh, your execution.Copy !req
994. I have not been tried yet.Copy !req
995. All right. Have it your own way.
Your trial, then.Copy !req
996. You are going to be tortured.Copy !req
997. How is Madeleine?Copy !req
998. I'm told she's putting the last touches
to her confession of your mutual sins.Copy !req
999. Good.
Then I shall confirm her accusations.Copy !req
1000. Have you thought of the pain to come?Copy !req
1001. It cannot be different
to the pain I have seen.Copy !req
1002. True.Copy !req
1003. Except of course, in its location.Copy !req
1004. It will be in you
rather than your congregation.Copy !req
1005. I dread pain.Copy !req
1006. Well, perhaps the judges
will think it unnecessary.Copy !req
1007. Or perhaps, as one who has sustained
so much pleasure,Copy !req
1008. you will take to pain, its ugly sister,
without the usual noises of complaint.Copy !req
1009. I shall scream and admit to everything.Copy !req
1010. Oh, come, Grandier. A man like you?Copy !req
1011. All the more for that.Copy !req
1012. Why don't you offer up your pain to God?Copy !req
1013. You've lived by your senses,
obviously you can die by them.Copy !req
1014. I will try, Baron.Copy !req
1015. I hope you will pray for me.Copy !req
1016. Oh, I will, Father.Copy !req
1017. I will.Copy !req
1018. And I will pray for you.Copy !req
1019. You have one consolation.Copy !req
1020. Hell will hold no surprises for you.Copy !req
1021. May God have mercy on us both.Copy !req
1022. The evidence against you is irrefutable.Copy !req
1023. Your house has been searched.Copy !req
1024. Various manuscripts have been found.Copy !req
1025. Amongst them is this pamphlet,Copy !req
1026. directed against His Eminence,
Cardinal Richelieu.Copy !req
1027. You have also roused the temper
of the populaceCopy !req
1028. against His Eminence by denouncing him
in a public place.Copy !req
1029. NotebooksCopy !req
1030. and letters of a moreCopy !req
1031. personal kind were also discovered.Copy !req
1032. A treatise on celibacy
in the priesthood was found.Copy !req
1033. The man appears to have been in love
when this was written.Copy !req
1034. We have also the written confession
of his wife.Copy !req
1035. What have you done with her?Copy !req
1036. Too distressed by realisation
of her guilt to give personal testimonyCopy !req
1037. that she went through
a mock marriage ceremonyCopy !req
1038. with the accused
in his own church of St Peter's.Copy !req
1039. It was a real ceremony.Copy !req
1040. A simple act of committal
done with my heartCopy !req
1041. in the hope of coming to GodCopy !req
1042. through the love of a woman.Copy !req
1043. We have also letters from women
who he did not marry.Copy !req
1044. One of which appears to suggestCopy !req
1045. that he committed sexual intercourseCopy !req
1046. under the very roof
of the church itself!Copy !req
1047. For the love of Jesus Christ!Copy !req
1048. If you wish to destroy me,
then destroy me.Copy !req
1049. Accuse me of exposing political
chicanery and the evils of the StateCopy !req
1050. and I will plead guilty.Copy !req
1051. But what man can face arraignments
on the idiocy of youth?Copy !req
1052. Old love letters
and other pathetic objectsCopy !req
1053. stuffed in drawers
or in the bottom of cupboards.Copy !req
1054. Things kept for a day
when he would need to be remindedCopy !req
1055. that he was once loved.Copy !req
1056. To continue the evidence,Copy !req
1057. my lords,Copy !req
1058. we have heard testimony
from sober citizens,Copy !req
1059. saying how they were bewitched by you
into attending a black Mass.Copy !req
1060. We have heard real devilsCopy !req
1061. speaking through the mouths
of Ursuline nuns,Copy !req
1062. swearing again and again
that the accused is a sorcerer!Copy !req
1063. And since, when duly constrained
by Holy Exorcist,Copy !req
1064. the Devil is bound to tell the truth,
it follows that...Copy !req
1065. Lies!Copy !req
1066. Lies and heresy!Copy !req
1067. The Devil is a liar
and the father of lies.Copy !req
1068. If the Devil's evidence
is to be accepted,Copy !req
1069. the virtuous people
are in the greatest of danger.Copy !req
1070. For it is against these
that Satan rages most violently.Copy !req
1071. I had never set eyes
on Sister Jeanne of the AngelsCopy !req
1072. until the day of my arrest.Copy !req
1073. But the Devil has spoken!Copy !req
1074. And to doubt his wordCopy !req
1075. is sacrilege.Copy !req
1076. You have totally perverted
Christ's own teaching.Copy !req
1077. This new doctrine,Copy !req
1078. Laubardemont's new doctrine,
Barre's new doctrine,Copy !req
1079. especially invented for this occasion,
is the work of men who are not concernedCopy !req
1080. with fact or with law or with theologyCopy !req
1081. but a political experiment
to show how the will of one manCopy !req
1082. can be pushed into destroying
not only one man or one cityCopy !req
1083. but one nation!Copy !req
1084. This is not a political trial.
Remove the prisoner.Copy !req
1085. The court will retire
to consider its verdict.Copy !req
1086. Good morning, Mr Surgeon.Copy !req
1087. - Good morning to you.Copy !req
1088. Good morning, Mr Chemist.
What have you got there?Copy !req
1089. It's a razor.Copy !req
1090. - Must it be this way?
- Yes, order of the court.Copy !req
1091. Well, Mr Surgeon,Copy !req
1092. have all your studies and training
brought you only this,Copy !req
1093. to be a barber?Copy !req
1094. You're in no position to judge others.
Get on with it.Copy !req
1095. The court is waiting to pass sentence.Copy !req
1096. Just a minute.Copy !req
1097. - Have you got a mirror?
- No, of course not.Copy !req
1098. Wait.Copy !req
1099. There's this.Copy !req
1100. ♪ Harken all good people to meCopy !req
1101. Silence in court.Copy !req
1102. Urbain Grandier,Copy !req
1103. you have been found guilty
of commerce with the Devil.Copy !req
1104. And that you used this unholy alliance
to possess, seduce and debauchCopy !req
1105. certain Sisters of the Holy Order
of St Ursula.Copy !req
1106. You have also been found guilty of
obscenity, blasphemy and sacrilege.Copy !req
1107. It is ordered that you proceed and kneelCopy !req
1108. at the doors of St Peter's
and Saint Ursula'sCopy !req
1109. and there, with a rope round your neck
and a two-pound taper in your hand,Copy !req
1110. ask pardon of God, the King and justice.Copy !req
1111. Next, it is ordered that you be taken
to the marketplace,Copy !req
1112. tied to a stake and burned alive,Copy !req
1113. after which your ashes
will be scattered to the four winds.Copy !req
1114. It has been decided
that a commemorative plaqueCopy !req
1115. shall be set up
in the Ursulines' chapel.Copy !req
1116. The cost of this, yet to be ascertained,Copy !req
1117. will be chargeable to your
confiscated estate.Copy !req
1118. Lastly, before sentence is carried out,
you will be subjected to the question,Copy !req
1119. both ordinary and extraordinary.Copy !req
1120. Pronounced at Loudun,
the 18th of August, 1634,Copy !req
1121. and executed the same day.Copy !req
1122. Have you anything to say?Copy !req
1123. My lords, I am innocent of the charges.Copy !req
1124. And I am afraid.Copy !req
1125. But I have the hope in my heart
that before this day ends,Copy !req
1126. Almighty God willCopy !req
1127. glance aside and let my suffering atoneCopy !req
1128. for my vain and disordered life.Copy !req
1129. Amen.Copy !req
1130. Amen.Copy !req
1131. Come. Confess your guilt.
Tell us the names of your accomplices!Copy !req
1132. Then perhaps my lords
the judges will show mercy.Copy !req
1133. I have no accomplices.Copy !req
1134. These crimes are not my crimes.
Please stop this foolishness.Copy !req
1135. We both know why
I have been brought to trial.Copy !req
1136. And we both know why
I have been found guilty.Copy !req
1137. Devil! Witch! Heretic!Copy !req
1138. Ignore him!Copy !req
1139. What you see is not dignity
but pride, unrepentant pride.Copy !req
1140. His calm is nothing
but the brazen insolence of Hell!Copy !req
1141. Clear the court.Copy !req
1142. We humbly beg of thee, Almighty God,
in thy goodness,Copy !req
1143. bless these instruments
which thou has createdCopy !req
1144. and given to us for our sacred use.Copy !req
1145. Devils in pieces of wood now, Barre?Copy !req
1146. If they are not driven out,
your devils might,Copy !req
1147. by their infernal arts,
prevent the tortureCopy !req
1148. from being as excruciating
as it should be.Copy !req
1149. Then you would never confessCopy !req
1150. and your soul would be
damned for eternity.Copy !req
1151. Are you ready to confess?Copy !req
1152. I have been a man.Copy !req
1153. I have loved women.Copy !req
1154. I have enjoyed power.Copy !req
1155. That's not what we want.Copy !req
1156. You've been a magician.Copy !req
1157. You've had commerce with devils.Copy !req
1158. I exorcise thee and command spirits,Copy !req
1159. In the name of Almighty God,Copy !req
1160. - to depart from this man.Copy !req
1161. Confess. Confess!Copy !req
1162. Do you believe in your conscienceCopy !req
1163. that a man should confess to crimes
that he has not committedCopy !req
1164. simply to ease his pain?Copy !req
1165. Hit!Copy !req
1166. Tremble not to think
human weakness is miserable.Copy !req
1167. Oh, God!Copy !req
1168. More wedges.Copy !req
1169. Please, God, don't let this pain
make me forget you.Copy !req
1170. Any confession?Copy !req
1171. He called on God to give him strength.Copy !req
1172. His god is the Devil and its own.
Made him insensible to pain.Copy !req
1173. Pay no attention to these tears.Copy !req
1174. - They are the Devil's tears.
- Confess?Copy !req
1175. There are 6,000 Christian souls
waiting for you in the marketplace.Copy !req
1176. Tell me,Copy !req
1177. do you love the Church?Copy !req
1178. Not today.Copy !req
1179. Do you want
to see it grow more powerful?Copy !req
1180. More benevolent, until it embraces
every human soul on this earth?Copy !req
1181. Then help us to achieve
this great purpose.Copy !req
1182. Go to the marketplace a penitent man.
Confess.Copy !req
1183. And by confessing,
proclaim to those thousandsCopy !req
1184. that you have returned
to the Church's arms.Copy !req
1185. By going to the stake unrepentant,
you do God a disservice.Copy !req
1186. You give hope to unbelievers.Copy !req
1187. Such an act can mine
the very foundations of the Church.Copy !req
1188. You are no longer important.Copy !req
1189. Well, think.
Are you any longer important?Copy !req
1190. I was neverCopy !req
1191. important.Copy !req
1192. Then make a last supreme gesture
for the Catholic faith.Copy !req
1193. Go away, Laubardemont.Copy !req
1194. You are becoming tedious.Copy !req
1195. Do you know that the King has gone back
on his word because of your crimes?Copy !req
1196. The walls will come down,
the city will be destroyed. We have won.Copy !req
1197. - You have lost!
- Won!Copy !req
1198. Sign it!Copy !req
1199. You will sign.Copy !req
1200. Get up.Copy !req
1201. What is this place?Copy !req
1202. The convent of St Ursula.Copy !req
1203. The place you have defiled.Copy !req
1204. Do what must be done.Copy !req
1205. Ask forgiveness of Sister Jeanne
and these good women you have wronged.Copy !req
1206. I have done no such thing.Copy !req
1207. I could only askCopy !req
1208. God will forgive them.Copy !req
1209. He always spoke of your beauty.Copy !req
1210. Now I see it with my own eyes
and know it's true.Copy !req
1211. Look at this thing that I amCopy !req
1212. and learn the meaning of love.Copy !req
1213. Devil.Copy !req
1214. Devil!Copy !req
1215. Devil!Copy !req
1216. Devil!Copy !req
1217. Forgive us, O God, who condemned
thee and Judas Iscariot, the traitor.Copy !req
1218. For he presses on thee
with perpetual flame,Copy !req
1219. who shall see the end of time to the
wicked, cursed into everlasting fire,Copy !req
1220. which is prepared for the Devil
and his angels.Copy !req
1221. For thee, this one and the angels are
prepared worms which never die.Copy !req
1222. Thou art the chief of accursed murder,Copy !req
1223. thou are the author of incest,
the head of sacrilege,Copy !req
1224. the master of the worst actions,
the teacher of heretics.Copy !req
1225. I must ask your forgiveness, priest,
for what I must do.Copy !req
1226. But you can make a speech if you like.Copy !req
1227. And before the fire is lit,
I shall strangle you.Copy !req
1228. It will be quick, I promise you.Copy !req
1229. I exorcise thee, creatures...Copy !req
1230. Confess! Confess! Beg forgiveness.Copy !req
1231. Forgive me for defending your city
so badly!Copy !req
1232. Confess! Confess!Copy !req
1233. See how he flinches,
see how he denies his Redeemer.Copy !req
1234. Confess!Copy !req
1235. I have finished confessing.Copy !req
1236. Give me the kiss of peace
and let me die.Copy !req
1237. Kiss the Devil? Kiss the evil fiend?Copy !req
1238. The Antichrist,
the sink of all iniquity, all evil?Copy !req
1239. Never!Copy !req
1240. Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!Copy !req
1241. Kiss!Copy !req
1242. The impious one and thy angels
has prepared the unquenchable fire.Copy !req
1243. Kiss him.Copy !req
1244. Because thou,
the chief of accursed murder...Copy !req
1245. Kiss him. Kiss him.Copy !req
1246. the head of sacrilege,
the master of the worst actions,Copy !req
1247. the teacher of heretics,Copy !req
1248. the inventor of all obscenities,Copy !req
1249. the foul, impious one... Don't!Copy !req
1250. Judas! Judas! Judas!Copy !req
1251. Confess you are the Devil's servant.Copy !req
1252. Renounce your master!Copy !req
1253. I am about to meet the God
who is my witnessCopy !req
1254. and I have spoken the truth.Copy !req
1255. Confess! Confess!
You have only a moment to live.Copy !req
1256. Only a moment.Copy !req
1257. And then I go to that just
and fearful judgementCopy !req
1258. to which you, too,
Reverend Father will soon be called.Copy !req
1259. May your body be consumed
by eternal fire!Copy !req
1260. Away, priest!
He's to be strangled.Copy !req
1261. I promised he was to be strangled!Copy !req
1262. Strangled! Strangled! Strangled!Copy !req
1263. Is this what you promised me?Copy !req
1264. Where is the noose? Where is the noose?Copy !req
1265. No! I need a noose!Copy !req
1266. The flames! I can't, the flames!Copy !req
1267. Sorry, priest. Sorry!Copy !req
1268. Burn, burn, burn!Copy !req
1269. - Burn! Burn!
- Watch, bastard.Copy !req
1270. See how your mother's honour
was avenged.Copy !req
1271. Lucky little bastard.Copy !req
1272. It's not every day baby sees
Daddy burned to death.Copy !req
1273. Don't look at me!Copy !req
1274. Look at your city!Copy !req
1275. If your city is destroyed,Copy !req
1276. your freedom is destroyed also!Copy !req
1277. Unrepentant to the last!Copy !req
1278. The fiend still speaks.
Confess! Confess!Copy !req
1279. If you would remain free men,Copy !req
1280. fight!Copy !req
1281. Fight them
or become their slaves!Copy !req
1282. I'm purging my own devils.Copy !req
1283. What devils?Copy !req
1284. Isacaaron, Balaam...Copy !req
1285. They say they can stand up
to the Church,Copy !req
1286. but they can't stand up to this bitch.Copy !req
1287. - Jeanne, you're being hysterical.Copy !req
1288. Where's Father Barre?
I was expecting him.Copy !req
1289. He's off to Poitiers.Copy !req
1290. A nun is reported to be having
commerce with your Isacaaron,Copy !req
1291. in the form of a three-legged dog.Copy !req
1292. But there was going to be a public
exorcism tomorrow in St Peter's.Copy !req
1293. Father Mignon could manage.Copy !req
1294. Father Mignon has been put away.
He's quite demented.Copy !req
1295. He keeps babbling that we've
destroyed an innocent man.Copy !req
1296. And with no signed confession
to prove otherwise,Copy !req
1297. everyone has the same opinion.Copy !req
1298. Pity, that.Copy !req
1299. No, with Grandier gone,
you are no longer possessed.Copy !req
1300. - It's simple.
- What shall I do?Copy !req
1301. Pray for your salvation. Do penance.Copy !req
1302. Stay here quietly, of course.Copy !req
1303. What else?Copy !req
1304. Well, there'll be a few tourists
occasionally to brighten things up.Copy !req
1305. But that won't last long. Soon the town
will die, you will be left in peaceCopy !req
1306. and oblivion.Copy !req
1307. Oh, I almost forgot.Copy !req
1308. Souvenir.Copy !req