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Mariana dismounted from the mare outside the convent. At the gatehouse, she asked to speak to her friend Brito. A chaplain was standing beside the side grille. He was talking to the prioress about the salvation of souls. They were also discussing some wine which he had received. The priest looked at Mariana and praised the young woman. The prioress became very jealous. The nun told the priest to look by himself. The prioress walked away, offended. The chaplain asked Mariana where she came from. ‘I am from the village,’ Mariana replied. ‘I am not confessing now,’ she replied. He reminded her that he was a priest. The chaplain asked whom she was seeking. Mariana said that she had already answered inside.
A voice called Mariana from inside. She wanted to speak privately with the servant. While she waited, Mariana examined the convent windows. She saw a lady without a habit behind the bars. Mariana's heart began to beat quickly. Perhaps that lady was Teresa. ‘If only I were loved as she is!’ Mariana thought. Soon afterwards, Mariana entered the private area. The servant explained that she was Teresa de Albuquerque. Mariana realised that she had not been mistaken. She did not know Teresa personally. However, she had come because of someone who loved her. The servant asked whether it was the chief magistrate's son. Mariana confirmed that it was Simão. Then she asked to speak to Teresa. The servant explained that the nuns were watching Teresa. Teresa would leave for another convent the next morning. Mariana said that she needed to deliver a letter. But she agreed to call Teresa without being overheard. The call to choir gave them an opportunity.
She asked Teresa to follow her quickly. The servant promised to say that Teresa was at the viewpoint. Mariana's voice trembled before Teresa. She said that she was carrying a letter for her. ‘It is from Simão!’ Teresa exclaimed. Teresa read the letter twice. Her inkpot had been taken away. No one would lend her another one. Teresa would leave before dawn. She was going to the convent of Monchique in Porto. Teresa remained faithful and had not changed. Simão must not go to the convent in Viseu. The visit would be useless and very dangerous. Later, he was to seek Teresa in Porto. She would find a way to speak to him. Teresa repeated that Simão must not appear there. It was also impossible to escape from the convent. Many people would accompany Teresa. Baltasar, his sisters and Tadeu would go with her. Many servants and litter-bearers would also follow. A rescue on the road would be madness. Such madness would have terrible consequences.
The servant warned them that the prioress was seeking Teresa. Teresa said goodbye to Mariana in alarm. She wished to give her a token of gratitude. Teresa removed a gold ring from her finger. ‘I cannot accept it, my lady,’ Mariana replied. Mariana said that she had done no service. If she received a reward, it would come from Simão. Then she wished Teresa happiness. Teresa left without being able to write an answer.
On the way back, Mariana repeated the message many times. In this way, she kept every instruction in her memory. Teresa was noble, rich and very beautiful. Those thoughts caused Mariana jealousy and pain. Her conscience also made her heart weep. Even so, Mariana did not alter the message.
Simão watched the road through a gap in the window. When he saw Mariana, he went down to the yard carelessly. That day, Simão's wound had grown worse. Mariana delivered the message without changing a single word. Simão listened to everything calmly. However, his calm ended when he heard Baltasar's name. He said that Baltasar was digging two graves. One grave would be for Baltasar. The other would be for Simão himself. But he promised to protect Simão's life. João advised Simão to let Teresa leave. She would be safe inside the convent in Porto. Simão could wait in Coimbra for some time. Later, Teresa might find a way around her father's watchfulness. Simão declared that he would see Teresa before going to Coimbra. Mariana reminded him of Teresa's prohibition. She also said that the visit would achieve nothing.
João suggested taking Teresa away on the road. Mariana asked her father not to increase the dangers. Simão did not wish to involve anyone else. He would face his misfortune alone. João replied with unusual seriousness. He said that Simão knew little of the world. Troubles could trap a man and give him no rest. João was a simple man, but he had learnt from life. It was not worth ruining oneself for a passion. However, João was not speaking out of fear. He knew how to fight and face dangerous men. If Simão wished to attack the party on the road, João would help. He would mount the mare and find four armed men. He would return with them within three hours. Simão's eyes shone with fury. Mariana clasped her hands and asked her father to stop. João ordered his daughter to tend the mare. He said that the conversation was not for her. Simão asked Mariana not to be distressed. He would follow none of João's violent advice. But he would follow only honour and his heart.
At nightfall, Simão was alone and wrote a long letter. The letter began with a terrible thought. Simão considered Teresa lost to him. He might not see the sun on the following day. Everything around him had the colour of death. He felt the cold of his own grave in his body. He could not be the man Teresa wished him to be. His passion would not accept that misfortune. Teresa had been Simão's life. He had believed that obstacles would never separate them. Now, the fear of losing her seemed to be killing him. Simão thought of facing death during his revenge. He did not write that he intended to kill himself. He could live with an unhappy love. Yet hatred without revenge seemed like hell. Nor did he wish to give up his life cheaply. Teresa would be left without him. But Baltasar would not continue to pursue her. Simão was jealous of every hour of her life. He called himself her husband in heaven. Teresa would read the letter when he was in another world. Then he would await her prayers and tears. A small light of faith still shone within him. Teresa's love had given him that faith. Nevertheless, Simão believed that divine providence had abandoned him. He asked Teresa to live faithfully to his memory. Thus, the world would know that she had deserved that love. Simão began one final sentence about the reading of the letter. His tears prevented him from finishing it. The letter remained unfinished and had not yet been delivered.
Mariana entered to lay the table for supper. She said that it would be the last time in that house. Her heart foretold Simão's departure. This time, Simão took the prediction seriously. Mariana returned with the food and was crying. Simão asked whether she felt sorry for him. Mariana feared that she would never see him again. Or perhaps she would see him in a terrible condition. Then she asked him for a favour. Simão was not to leave that night. Nor was he to leave on the following day. Simão replied that she was asking the impossible. He would leave, for waiting seemed to be killing him. Mariana asked forgiveness for her boldness. Then she asked God to protect Simão.
Mariana told her father about Simão's intentions. João reminded him of the dangers of that wound. When he could not dissuade him, he decided to accompany him. Simão thanked him, but refused his company. João began to prepare his gun and the mare. Then Simão decided to deceive the farrier. He said that he would no longer go to Viseu. He would follow Teresa to Porto after his recovery. João readily believed this change of plan. Mariana did not believe Simão's words. She asked her father to watch him. At eleven at night, the house seemed silent. Simão heard only the mare beside the manger. He put fresh powder in both pistols. He also wrote a note to João. He placed that note with the unfinished letter to Teresa. He opened the window and stepped onto the balcony. Then he jumped from the balcony to the road.
A small opening beside the door opened. Mariana's voice said goodbye to Simão. She would pray for Our Lady to accompany him. Simão stopped when he heard those words. An inner voice warned him of the danger. Simão thought of his guardian angel. He believed that he heard the warning through Mariana. The idea was Simão's, not a supernatural fact. He asked Mariana to embrace her father for him. Then he said goodbye and began another sentence. Mariana completed it: ‘Until the Last Judgement.’ Simão replied that destiny would be fulfilled. Whatever Heaven allowed would happen. Simão disappeared into the darkness. Mariana lit the sanctuary lamp. Then she knelt and prayed through her tears.
At one o'clock, Simão arrived armed at the convent. No window showed a light except the sanctuary lamp. He sat on the church steps until four o'clock. The image of Mariana pleading returned many times. He also imagined Teresa asking Heaven for help. It was an image created by Simão's mind. Thinking of Tadeu did not increase his desire for revenge. But the image of Baltasar made him touch his pistols. At dawn, the birds sang and the bells rang. The light coloured the mountains and fields. Yet that beauty did not drive away his thoughts of revenge.
At half past four, empty litters arrived. Simão hid in a narrow street opposite. Then Baltasar's three sisters arrived. Two men led their mules. The three women entered the convent. Tadeu arrived leaning on Baltasar's arm. The old man looked weak and full of grief. Baltasar was elegantly dressed and very self-assured. He spoke of Tadeu's grief with little compassion. He said that a year in a convent would cure Teresa. He also blamed Tadeu for not demanding obedience. Tadeu replied that Teresa was his only daughter.
The door opened, and Teresa came out with the women. Tadeu wiped away his tears and approached her. Teresa kept her eyes on the ground. Her father said that there was still time. Teresa could still return home. To do so, she must forget Simão. Teresa did not consider herself a bad daughter. Nevertheless, her destiny was the convent. She would never forget Simão, not even in death. She might be disobedient, but she would never be a liar. Then she saw Baltasar and began to tremble. ‘Will you not leave me in peace even here?’ Teresa asked.
Baltasar said that he would be one of her servants. Then he claimed that a murderer had killed his servants. Baltasar blamed Simão, but that accusation was false. João had killed those two men, not Simão. Baltasar offered to take their place. Teresa refused his services. She said that cowards hid behind their servants. Baltasar replied that the final reckoning was still to come.
The party came out and found Simão in the street. Teresa was the first person to recognise him. ‘Simão!’ she cried. Simão remained still. Baltasar was alarmed and called him a vile murderer. Simão calmly asked why Baltasar called him vile. Baltasar repeated the insult and ordered him to leave. Simão called him a fool and turned to Teresa. He asked her to bear her cross bravely. Divine mercy might give her new strength. Tadeu was outraged by those words. Baltasar threatened to crush Simão. Simão called him a coward for not advancing. Baltasar said that he had not advanced because he would not lower himself before the servants. Simão threatened to have a labourer punish him.
Simão had chosen to go armed against Teresa's order. He also desired revenge and had provoked Baltasar. Then Baltasar lunged at Simão. Baltasar gripped his throat with both hands. During the attack, Simão fired a pistol. The bullet entered Baltasar's forehead. He fell dead at Teresa's feet. Simão had sought danger, but Baltasar had attacked first. For that reason, responsibility was not simple.
Tadeu began to shout. The servants surrounded Simão. He kept his finger on the second pistol. Suddenly, João appeared with his face covered. The farrier aimed a gun and the men stopped. He told Simão to escape on the waiting mare. Simão refused the first opportunity to escape. João warned that soldiers would arrive quickly. Simão said again that he would not flee. He was looking at Teresa, who had fainted. João said that he was lost. Simão replied that he was already lost. He asked João to flee for Mariana's sake. The farrier might still be able to help him later. Then João ran to the mare and escaped.
Doors and windows began to open. A court officer came out first. Tadeu shouted that they should arrest the killer. The officer asked who it was. ‘It is I,’ Simão replied. The officer recognised the chief magistrate's son. In a low voice, he offered him another chance to escape. Simão also refused that second offer. He declared that he was already under arrest. Then he voluntarily handed over both pistols. Teresa remained unconscious beside the church. When he recovered, Tadeu ordered her to be placed in a litter. He ordered two servants to accompany her to Porto. Thus, Tadeu decided where his daughter would be taken. Baltasar's sisters remained with his body. Then they accompanied the body to Tadeu's house. Teresa continued towards Porto, still unconscious. Simão remained under arrest, separated from Teresa and Baltasar.