El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script -

: Basilio. Do you want freedom? BASILIO : Simoun! Help me. SIMUN : I can get you out – if you join my plan. On the night of the wedding, I will blow up the government. All oppressors die. BASILIO : That’s madness! SIMUN : That’s revolution. Choose: rot here or fight.

Simoun stands near a pillar. He holds a lamp with a hidden explosive – a nitroglycerin bomb disguised as a gift. El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script

**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

**PAULITA (whispering to friend) **: I once liked Isagani, but he has no future. Juanito will inherit lands. Help me

Fight. Students beaten. Basilio tries to run, but caught.

Basilio runs. Simoun faces the soldiers. He pulls a poisoned vial from his coat.

**SIMUN (watching from carriage) **: They imprison the future. Tonight, they will all burn. Manila Cathedral. Paulita Gomez marries Juanito Pelaez. All elites present – friars, officials, rich merchants.