Thus Have We Made the World

Scene 1
ALTAMARINO: What did the boy say?

FATHER GABRIEL: He said he will not return to the jungle. The devil lives there.

ALTAMARINO: (delayed)...And what did you say?

FATHER GABRIEL: I said I will stay with him.

Father Gabriel turns and walks away, leaving His Excellency alone by the mission.

Scene 2

HONTAR: You have no choice, your excellency. We work in the world. The world is thus.

ALTAMARINO: No, Sir Hontar. Thus have we made the world. Thus have I made it.

--From "The Mission"

Written by Robert Bolt

Directed by Roland Joffe