▁guilty ▁freedom " ▁and ▁" the ▁future ▁of ▁the ▁woman ▁you ▁have ▁destroyed ". ▁ ▁The ▁younger ▁man ▁does ▁not ▁respond , ▁and ▁the ▁priest ▁tells ▁him ▁to ▁listen ▁to ▁his ▁encounter ▁with ▁L ina ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁room . ▁St iff el io ▁l ays ▁out ▁the ▁reason ▁that ▁their ▁marriage ▁can ▁be ▁ann ul led ▁( O pp osto ▁è ▁il ▁cal le ▁che ▁in ▁av ven ire ▁– ▁" O pp os ite ▁are ▁the ▁paths ▁that ▁in ▁future ▁our ▁lives ▁will ▁follow "). ▁L ina ' s ▁reaction , ▁when ▁presented ▁with ▁the ▁divor ce ▁dec ree , ▁is ▁to ▁swe ar ▁an ▁on going ▁love ▁for ▁her ▁husband ▁(" I ▁will ▁die ▁for ▁love ▁of ▁you "). ▁App e aling ▁to ▁St iff el io ▁more ▁as ▁a ▁priest ▁than ▁as ▁a ▁husband , ▁L ina ▁conf esses ▁that ▁she ▁has ▁always ▁loved ▁him ▁and ▁she ▁still ▁does . ▁ ▁St ank ar ▁enters ▁to ▁announ ce ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁killed ▁R aff ae le . ▁J org ▁tries ▁to ▁conv ince ▁St iff el io ▁to ▁come ▁to ▁the ▁church ▁service ▁( Ah ▁s ì , ▁vol iam o ▁al ▁temp io ▁– ▁" Ah , ▁yes , ▁let ▁us ▁fle e ▁to ▁the ▁church "). Scene ▁ 2 : ▁A ▁church In ▁the ▁church , ▁St iff el io ▁mount s ▁the ▁pul pit ▁and ▁opens ▁the ▁Bible ▁to ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁ad ul ter ous ▁woman ▁( ). ▁As ▁he ▁reads ▁the ▁words ▁of