![]() At first, they just want to look around, but they wind up having a drunken dinner party. When Viridiana and Jorge go to town on business and all of the servants are also away, the beggars break into Jorge's house. After noticing Ramona looking at him, Jorge seduces the maid. Jorge says he does not like Viridiana's actions and is annoyed by her piety, but Lucía thinks he is attracted to her and, also bored of the country, leaves. ![]() The beggars behave themselves when Viridiana is around, but they revert to their old ways as soon as she is gone. She even welcomes José, a man with sores on his arm, who the other beggars do not accept, as they think he has leprosy. Meanwhile, Viridiana pays beggars from town to move onto the property, where she cares for them and devotes herself to their moral development. Jaime split his belongings between Viridiana and his son, Jorge, who moves into Jaime's house with his girlfriend, Lucía, and begins to fix up the buildings and land he inherited. She feels guilty for his death and decides to stay on at the estate. Viridiana is kept from boarding the bus out of town by the news that Jaime hung himself. She still packs her things, so he admits what really happened, hoping she will not leave hating him, but Viridiana does not forgive Jaime. In the morning, Jaime tells Viridiana that, because he raped her, she cannot return to the convent. Jaime kisses her once she is unconscious, but cannot bring himself to rape her. He seems to drop the idea and gets her to agree to stay for a cup of coffee before going to bed, signaling his maid Ramona to drug Viridiana's drink. It becomes clear that Jaime wants to marry Viridiana, and she is repulsed. She does, and Jaime tells her that her aunt died of a heart attack on their wedding night. On the last day of her visit, Jaime asks Viridiana to don his wife's wedding gown. Viridiana likes life on the farm, but remains cold toward Jaime, as she heard he has an illegitimate son who he abandoned. ![]() He greets Viridiana, who strongly resembles her aunt, warmly and says he is sorry he does not know her better. Jaime is a widow and recluse who lives on a neglected country estate with a few servants. ![]() She has only met him once and does not want to go, but her mother superior reminds Viridiana that Jaime is her only living relative and paid for her studies, so she agrees to make the trip. A novice nun named Viridiana is about to take her vows when her uncle Jaime invites her to visit him. ![]()
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