While Luzia is at church, Doña Valentina deliberately tears a seam in one of her few gowns using a small silver fork, driven by obsession with the earlier bread incident and rumors of miracles at court. Ashamed of her own desperation but unable to stop, Valentina decides to test whether Luzia truly has power.

When Luzia returns, Valentina provokes and punishes her to create the chance: she invents kitchen complaints, spills rice so Luzia must crawl to clean it, demands an unnecessary bath, and slaps Luzia for a spill. Valentina orders Luzia to bring the torn gown; hearing Luzia’s faint humming, Valentina takes the skirt back and finds the tear perfectly gone.

Valentina confronts Luzia privately and commands her to attend supper and “perform” when fruit is served, threatening to throw Luzia into the street if she refuses. Luzia panics at what scrutiny could reveal about her origins and Jewish lineage, but cannot find a safe way out and moves through her duties numb with fear, hoping the guests will leave early.

At supper, with only Don Gustavo and his richly adorned wife present, Valentina lavishly lights candles despite the cost and orders Luzia to serve wine-soaked pears. When Luzia tries to retreat, Valentina presents a burnt roll as proof and pressures Luzia to entertain; Luzia refuses to act, and the dinner deteriorates into mockery, with Don Marius scolding Valentina as foolish and the guests preparing to leave.

Humiliated by the men’s cruelty and Valentina’s need, Luzia suddenly smashes a precious Venetian goblet on the table. In the stunned silence, Luzia whispers a quick song and moves her hands over the shards until the broken pieces drift together and reform into a perfect glass. The guests gasp and praise God, Valentina is thrilled, and Luzia sees her own reflection in the restored goblet—revealed and trapped by what she has shown.