(triumphantly, brandishing the forged confession) Holy Father, I bring you the signed confession of the heretic Girolamo Savanarola of Florence! (he sees Juan's body and stops) What happened?
(gestures to Juan tearfully) He was... dragged from the Tiber. Dogs, cats... the stillborn offspring of prostitutes... and our son. (turns away)
Leave us, Cardinals. (Sforza, Piccolomini and Versucci exit)
(embraces Cesare) Who would do such a thing? Who would dare?! Who had cause to wish him harm?
(coolly, staring down at her brother's body) Any one of the many he harmed. (Julia and Vanozza stare at her)
(spins around) What? (Cesare releases him and moves towards Lucrezia) What did you say?
(looks away) Nothing, Father.
(angrily) What do you say?!
(finally meets his eye) You asked, "who would do such a thing?" The answer is many people, Father. Many people.
(shocked and offended)...That does not stand! (gestures at Juan) Here lies your brother- murdered, in cold blood! And, you speak as if... (looks in disbelief at Cesare, Julia and Vanozza) "Many people?!" Many people, you say? Do you count yourself among that number?!
Father-
LET HER SPEAK!
(steps forward, tearful and angry) What would you have me say?! You know what he did to me! What he took from me- you all do! And you stood by, for the honor of the family. (pause) I have wished him dead a thousand times. And now, you want me to mourn him? I'm sorry, Father, I cannot. (she steps back, next to Cesare)
(stunned, hurt and angry, to Cesare)... And you? He was your brother- you show no tears? Are you stone?
... I wept them all out for him, long ago. Over and over, I watched him fail, and I wept. (resentfully) You should know- you were there. And still, you- you granted him your every favor!
(quietly, but with barely-contained rage) Take... yourselves, both... away from our SIGHT! (Cesare leads Lucrezia out)
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