There comes a moment in The Borgias when our hero (as far as the term can apply in Borgias land), Rodrigo, who is a holy man (well, as far as the term can apply in Borgias land), is taking confession from an unhappy young wife, destined soon to become his lover.
There comes a moment in The Borgias when our hero (as far as the term can apply in Borgias land), Rodrigo, who is a holy man (well, as far as the term can apply in Borgias land), is taking confession from an unhappy young wife, destined soon to become his lover.
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Having divested her of her sins, he delivers penance:
“Flagellate your naked body, twice nightly.”
“With knotted cord, your holiness?”
“Cord of silk will suffice.” (A delicious, infinitesimal pause, long enough to let the image register.) “To destroy the beauty the Lord has granted you would be to compound your sin.”
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