Summary Of Episode 113: A Vigil Of Last Duties
Episode 113: A Vigil of Last Duties or In the Court of the Catholic Queen
It is God’s will. Isabella drives herself relentlessly, exacerbating her failing health. Her confidant, Marquesa de Moya, counsels her to slow down. Isabella dismisses her friend’s advice. She and God know best. She’s been in failing health since the deaths of her children and hasn’t let that impede her from her duties. While at high mass, she faints and is carried back to La Mota Castle, alarming and shocking her subjects.
Feverish and tormented by pain, Isabella awakes, to find the Marquesa tending her and the physicians fussing over her as if she were a lab rat. Isabella dismisses the physicians. She thanks the Marquesa who demands she rest. Not Isabella, there’s …show more content…
A huge crowd gathers outside her palace. Dizzy, racked with pain, and fighting hard to remain erect, she consoles her crowd f rom her bedroom window, “ "Do not weep for me, nor waste your time in fruitless prayers for my recovery, but pray rather for the salvation of my soul and …show more content…
Gently caressing her, Ferdinand vows never to remarry. She smiles through her streaming tears as she caresses him in turn, gently rebuking him for his sweet lie and thanking him for it.
Remorseful, Ferdinand confesses his infidelity, assuring her, she is his one and only and will be, always. She nods, admitting she knows he loves her, he’s proven his love for her over and over. He is the best decision she ever made and she was his smartest. They confirm to each other that each complimented the other and what they’ve accomplished together is so extraordinary, they will be talked about together as Ferdinand and Isabella.
She asks to be buried next to him wherever he chooses to spend his eternal rest, so they can be together forever. As strong as he’s tried to remain throughout, this is the final straw. Ferdinand crumples, trembling , burying his head in her breast, weeping uncontrollably. Isabella gently caresses his head, whispering to him as if he were her
It is God’s will. Isabella drives herself relentlessly, exacerbating her failing health. Her confidant, Marquesa de Moya, counsels her to slow down. Isabella dismisses her friend’s advice. She and God know best. She’s been in failing health since the deaths of her children and hasn’t let that impede her from her duties. While at high mass, she faints and is carried back to La Mota Castle, alarming and shocking her subjects.
Feverish and tormented by pain, Isabella awakes, to find the Marquesa tending her and the physicians fussing over her as if she were a lab rat. Isabella dismisses the physicians. She thanks the Marquesa who demands she rest. Not Isabella, there’s …show more content…
A huge crowd gathers outside her palace. Dizzy, racked with pain, and fighting hard to remain erect, she consoles her crowd f rom her bedroom window, “ "Do not weep for me, nor waste your time in fruitless prayers for my recovery, but pray rather for the salvation of my soul and …show more content…
Gently caressing her, Ferdinand vows never to remarry. She smiles through her streaming tears as she caresses him in turn, gently rebuking him for his sweet lie and thanking him for it.
Remorseful, Ferdinand confesses his infidelity, assuring her, she is his one and only and will be, always. She nods, admitting she knows he loves her, he’s proven his love for her over and over. He is the best decision she ever made and she was his smartest. They confirm to each other that each complimented the other and what they’ve accomplished together is so extraordinary, they will be talked about together as Ferdinand and Isabella.
She asks to be buried next to him wherever he chooses to spend his eternal rest, so they can be together forever. As strong as he’s tried to remain throughout, this is the final straw. Ferdinand crumples, trembling , burying his head in her breast, weeping uncontrollably. Isabella gently caresses his head, whispering to him as if he were her