"Then in spite of my cries, in spite of my resistance--for I began to comprehend that there was a question of something worse than death--the executioner seized me, threw me on the floor, fastened me with his bonds, and suffocated by sobs, almost without sense, invoking God, who did not listen to me, I uttered all at once a frightful cry of pain and shame. A burning fire, a red-hot iron, the iron of the executioner, was imprinted on my shoulder."
Entonces, pese a mis gritos, pese a mi resistencia, porque yo comenzaba a comprender que para mí se trataba de algo peor que la muerte, el verdugo me cogió, me volcó sobre el suelo, me magulló con sus agarrones y, ahogada por los sollozos, casi sin conocimiento, invocando a Dios que no me escuchaba, lancé de pronto un espantoso grito de dolor y de vergüenza: un hierro ardiendo, un hierro candente, el hiero del verdugo, se había impreso en mi hombro.