She may not have been aware of the fact that her son was the Devil in the flesh. We know nothing about the child's father except rumors. And the murder of the girl Emilio, as we have already mentioned, had no mystical character: the boy simply took advantage of his physical defect to kill his sister out of jealousy. It turns out that the only thing Clara was hiding was her son's deformity and the fact of the girl's murder. If the truth were to become public, it could seriously weaken her influence. But the spread of rumors and the murder of Emilio as an indicator of the prevailing obscurantism, on the contrary, were profitable for the elimination of rivals in the elections - Christian Democrats. However, gaining profit does not exclude sincere grief over the death of her son.