The Little Hours Page #3

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This has been wonderful.

Too wonderful.

What a blessing!

-The best blessing

i have ever experienced.

-You saved me!

You saved me! Are you kidding?

- I'm not kidding.

I didn't save you.

I couldn't put it...

The wheel of the donkey cart

back on.

Bless me, father,

for I have sinned.

It has been years,

many years

since my last confession.

-Hmm.

-Here are my sins.

I have slept

with another man's wife.

He's a nobleman,

and he is my master.

Well, that's adultery.

I know.

It's a very serious sin.

Sometimes...

She would place her mouth

around my sex.

Well, that's sodomy.

It's also a serious sin.

Is it also considered

sodomy if...

If I placed my mouth

on her sex while...

She simultaneously had...

Had her mouth around mine?

Why would you do that?

Because she... she liked it.

Oh.

Well, yes, that's also sodomy.

I thought sodomy was...

Was just when I would...

When someone would penetrate

the rear... the rear end.

Yes, that's...

That's also sodomy.

-That's the traditional

form of sodomy.

-Right.

Did you do that?

I... I did. Yes, I...

That also occurred.

But you didn't spill your seed

in the rear end?

No, no, I did not.

Good, good.

I would spill my seed

on her... um...

On her back or on her bosom.

But most of the time,

she would request

that I spill my seed

all over her face.

Well...

These are serious sins.

And do you regret doing

these things?

I've learned my lesson,

i really have.

And I just... I don't want

to be that person anymore.

If I go back out on the road,

they will catch me,

and they will kill me.

Well, I'll give you

your penance.

-I want you to say

10 hail Marys...

-Yeah.

...and 15 our fathers.

Yes.

Now, as to the other situation

about you being pursued,

I think I may have a solution

that can be a blessing

to both of us.

Yes, thank you, father.

Thank you.

- Good morning, marea.

-Good morning.

-Is it a good time?

-Yes.

I'd like to introduce you

to someone.

This is masseto.

-He's a deaf-mute.

-Oh.

I met him on my trip

and spoke to his family,

and they explained to me

that he's very good with

gardening, light carpentry.

I think he could help us

repair the cloister

and do all of the things

that lurco was doing.

And I thought the fact

that he's a deaf-mute,

there would be a lot less

conflicts with the sisters.

I can't believe you met

a deaf-mute on your trip.

How was your trip?

Did you sell any fabrics?

We should talk about it

in private.

But you said

he was a deaf-mute.

Right. Um...

I was robbed.

Were you hurt?

No, no, no. I'm fine.

I wasn't hurt, but the bandits

took everything.

They took all the embroidery,

all of the silk,

so I made no sale.

- I've come back empty-handed.

I'm sorry.

What can I say?

I'm very embarrassed, but...

It's gonna be fine.

All right.

Don't worry too much about it.

I'll get him started.

We go. We go.

Hi.

Who are you?

I'm sister ginevra.

What are you doing?

You're digging a ditch?

You're digging a ditch.

All right.

Since god

is perfect,

it's our job to live in unison

with his essence.

But sometimes it's difficult

to find that happiness

and things don't go our way.

And we feel like

we're being punished,

and it's not...

Thank you, sister Fernanda.

Thank you.

Of course.

Um...

But god...

God is... is perfect.

Fernanda! That's enough!

- What?

- -This is...

Viola, go inside

and finish your reading.

Stop it! Stop that!

What are you doing?

I said stop that!

That is enough!

What's gotten into you today?

Nothing. I'm so sorry.

You know what?

I'll just go scoop some dung

or scrub the cellars...

I don't know where

this is coming from!

...and not bother you

while you walk in...

Did he just smile at you?

I don't know.

Why is he smiling?

Who is that? Wait!

Who the f*** are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

Fernanda, stop!

He's an intruder.

I don't know

who the f*** he is!

Let me get mother marea!

Fine! Go!

Tell me who you are.

What? Say something!

Where did you come from?

What is that?

What are you doing

with your hands?

What? What, are you hungry?

What is that, a bird?

You're praying?

What the f*** are you

saying to me?

F***ing tell me who you are!

Don't chop his head off!

He's masseto!

He's a deaf-mute!

He works for us!

Father tommasso hired him.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you

about it.

You're always complaining

about how lurco talks to you,

and masseto doesn't talk.

So, I would really like you

to give him a chance.

Please!

All right.

All right.

And, sister, I need

to speak to you.

You can get up now!

He can't hear you.

Why are you defending him?

Now!

Father tommasso was attacked

by a group of bandits, and...

-No.

-He...

Well, all the embroidery

was stolen.

So everything I've done,

everything I've worked on,

is gone?

Yes, I'm afraid

that's what happened.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

It's...

I know this is a lot to...

To swallow.

I'd be more than happy

to get you

extra help for the work,

which will be doubled

to make up for everything

that was lost.

Hello?

Hi.

Um, I broke this.

Can you...

Fix this, yes?

You've... really kind eyes.

Sorry to just spring this

on you.

It's only 'cause they just

sprang it on me.

You know, they just asked me

to double production

of my embroidery

out of nowhere.

And I'm basically

doing it alone.

They told me that they would

give me help,

and then they just stuck me

with this...

This, like, shriveled up, old,

comatose woman.

And, you know, I look at her,

and I just...

I see me.

That's what I'm gonna become.

I'm just gonna

waste away here.

This is not what I imagined

for myself, you know.

What are you doing?

Why are you hiding in

the weeds like an animal?

I just saw sister Alessandra

go into the toolshed.

But I know he is not saving up

money for merchant Ricardo.

This is like...

It's not even his fault.

There's just no hope anywhere

in the world.

It's so sad and depressing.

There's no hope for any of us.

Yes, look at you.

Look at you. You can't speak.

You can't hear. It's not fair!

You're just stuck here

with all these b*tches,

and so am I!

I just don't even

know what to do!

It's so unfair.

What the f***

is she doing in there?

I have no idea.

Let us pray.

Lord, give our bodies

restful sleep

and let our work

we have done today

be sown for an eternal harvest

through Christ, our lord.

Amen.

Lord, Grant us a quiet night

and a perfect end. Amen.

Bless me, father,

for I have sinned.

It has been three days

since my last confession.

And what is it

you would like to confess?

Yesterday, I walked

by the garden,

and I picked a turnip

and I ate the whole thing,

and I didn't share it

with my sisters.

Hmm,

and you regret this?

Yes, father.

Because it

was greedy, wasn't it?

-It was, father.

-Hmm.

Anything else?

Yes, father.

I've been having

impure thoughts.

Hmm.

And have you acted

on these thoughts?

No, father.

Bless me, father,

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