Several families from Palma's silversmiths' quarter decided to leave Majorca by night, on a ship arranged by Rafael Valls. It rained so hard the ship could not sail.

Before the full tribunal, Rafael Valls refused to swear on the cross. He swore «by the God of Israel and the Law of Moses».

The first auto-da-fé was held at Santo Domingo. Each prisoner walked a railed corridor, the «alley of bitterness», to a hanging cage where the sentence was read.

They had already confessed and begged for mercy. But in prison, with the doors open, the women met and told each other they still believed.

When her mother, Catalina Valls, died, a fast was kept for her according to the Law of Moses. And her daughter Úrsula, unmarried, began keeping that Law from then on.

The lawyer wrote it plainly: since his client did not know who the witnesses were, he could not point out their flaws. All that was left was to trust the judge's «merciful integrity».