Noli Me Tangere

Select the part of Chapter 60 that proves that Father Damaso is the real father of Maria Clara.

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In Chapter 60, María Clara expresses her deep remorse for sharing the letter, explaining that the name of her real father was revealed to her while she was sick, and that she was forbidden to love Ibarra “unless my real father would forgive the injury you have done to him.” Though María Clara does not outright state who her father is, the reader can understand that it must be Father Dámaso, since he is the only person Ibarra has actually injured throughout the novel. (This information explains why Father Dámaso is so concerned with meddling with María Clara and Ibarra’s planned marriage: he doesn’t want his daughter to end up with the son of his old enemy, Rafael Ibarra.) María Clara explains that the person who told her about her real father threatened to reveal this information publicly if she didn’t give him Ibarra’s letter, and she didn’t want to disgrace her father or her dead mother by making her true parentage public. She knew the man was telling the truth because he was able to show her letters between her mother and Father Dámaso.

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