El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script — Certified & Tested

Simoun stands near a pillar. He holds a lamp with a hidden explosive – a nitroglycerin bomb disguised as a gift.

Simoun appears at the bars.

: The bomb failed… Isagani the fool saved them. BASILIO : No, you are the fool. Revolution cannot start with a massacre of innocents. **SIMUN (laughing bitterly) **: I learned nothing from Elias. He died for a country that doesn’t exist yet. El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script

**BASILIO (monologue) **: Ten years ago, I found Simoun dying in the forest. He gave me a chest of jewels. I used it for medicine studies… but Juli. Juli is now a maid in the convent of the Prayle. (cries) They imprisoned me for stealing papers I never saw. Is this justice? Simoun stands near a pillar

**SIMUN (to self) **: When I light this lamp, the signal of the revolution starts. I will avenge Elias, Maria Clara, and my youth. : The bomb failed… Isagani the fool saved them

: Grandfather Selo, I do this so Basilio can study. But the Prayle… he looks at me like a wolf looks at a goat.

: We students propose an academy for Castilian. The friars control all teaching. **PADRE SALVI (coldly) **: An academy? Or a den of filibusteros? ISAGANI : We only want to learn – not rebel. PADRE SALVI : Learning leads to rebellion. Remember 1872.