Before all this happened I was sure that nothing could go wrong on that day I had looked forward to for so long. Claudio had always seemed sincere, treated me lovingly and courteously as a brother would, so I didn’t think it’d be possible for someone to doubt my chastity had they thought that he had taken it.
At the church Claudio renounced my hand to my father after saying that I was unfaithful and doing a bad job covering it up. I knew Claudio was mistaken but he insisted and Don Pedro and Don John vouched for him and believed it as if it were true. Claudio renounced his love and said that he could never feel the same for me, at which point I were overwhelmed and could not stand it any longer.
I believe Claudio had loved me and I cannot understand how he could have thought that I had done this to him. I think Don Pedro to be an honorable man and would not suspect something like this from him. I know that I have done nothing to warrant such accusations from them but I still don’t know why they did so. My greatest worry besides losing Claudio’s affection is that I disgraced my father’s name.
I know not why this has happened but I am thankful for Friar Francis for helping me. I know that it is not mans job to question but to accept that which he is given and I will repent for any same brought onto my father by abandoning everything and devoting myself to the service of the lord.
