El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script Apr 2026

: Juli is in the convent. If I join, will you free her? SIMUN : Yes. But you must not waver. SCENE 3: THE CONVENT OF THE PRAYLE (Kabanata 23-24) Convent laundry room. Juli scrubbing clothes, tired.

He falls. Soldiers find no documents – only a letter: “Tell my countrymen: The friars fear only one thing – an educated people.” Basilio in a small hut, teaching children. On the wall: photo of Juli and Tandang Selo.

**SIMUN (to self) **: When I light this lamp, the signal of the revolution starts. I will avenge Elias, Maria Clara, and my youth.

**BASILIO (grabbing Simoun’s arm) **: Stop! Juli jumped from the convent bell tower. She is dead. The Prayle drove her to it. But killing everyone will not bring her back. : You betray me? BASILIO : I betray vengeance. There is another way.

**BASILIO (monologue) **: Ten years ago, I found Simoun dying in the forest. He gave me a chest of jewels. I used it for medicine studies… but Juli. Juli is now a maid in the convent of the Prayle. (cries) They imprisoned me for stealing papers I never saw. Is this justice?

Simoun enters. All bow slightly.

Simoun stands near a pillar. He holds a lamp with a hidden explosive – a nitroglycerin bomb disguised as a gift.

(to Don Timoteo) : Your daughter Paulita grows more beautiful. She’d shine in Europe. PAULITA (flattered) : Europe? Oh, Father, take me there! DON TIMOTEO : Simoun, you spoil her. (to Paulita) Go, girls shouldn’t listen to politics.

Tandang Selo (deaf-mute) arrives, sees Juli crying. He signs angrily. Juli embraces him.

Isagani is about to enter the hall. But he hears Paulita laughing with Juanito. Heartbroken, he throws the lamp into the river.

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