BROTHER SUN SISTER MOON -- YOU PUT US TO SHAME VIGNETTE

[Midget] Make way, please. Everybody, make way, please. Everybody ...

[Crowd] Amen.

[Paolo] Read it out exactly in the way it is written here, changing nothing. Do you understand? Francesco?

[Francesco] Hm? I'm sorry.

[Paolo] Read it out word for word. A masterpiece of evangelical strategy. I almost believe it myself. Now, remember, what you must make absolutely clear is that you recognize the supreme authority of the Pope. And then, when you've made your submission to His Holiness, you will withdraw. I've arranged for horses, for you, all of us, to return to Assisi. Once there, I promise you I will do everything in my power to reconcile you with the city.

[Bernardo] Paolo, why are you doing all this?

[Paolo] Because, in your simpleminded zeal, you could all be burned as heretics. And besides, I don't want a martyr on my conscience.

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