"Ha!" "Take him over to the tree." "I will drive him off." "Hyah!" "Get down." "Hurry up!" "I cannot drive him off." "Hyah!" "Hyah!" "Get down." "Get off." "Diablo, get down." "Get back." "Get back." "Diablo." "Hyah!" "What do you say, Pablo?" "Will I pass as an officer of the king's army?" "Here." "Find out who you're going to be." "Lieutenant Rafael Santos." "Travel orders, San Francisco to Monterey and return." "Bueno, everything is working out fine." "So far." "Come." "Lieutenant Santos is expected in Monterey." "I mustn't be late." "Look at this list, Diego." "Now, I ask you to consider what is at stake." "Our people cannot live without these supplies." "And if they cannot get them from Spain, then we know they will trade with the enemy." "They will lose faith and this colony wil be lost to Spain for all time to come." "This I understand, senor." "But what assurance do you have that you can get a ship through even if you try?" "With so much at stake, I say it is worth the risk." "If we fail, then I am sorry." "Many of you will have lost your money." "I will have lost my life." "Believe me, senor, this has been most uncomfortable for me, to come here to Monterey, to question your motives and your integrity." "But the people of Los Angeles, they placed their faith in me, and, well, I had to be sure." "I understand." "If you'll ride with me into the Presidio," "I will instruct Sergeant Garcia to turn over the money to you." "I am sorry to bother you, Father, but the lieutenant is here." "The officer from San Francisco, he wants us to leave at once." "Leave at once?" "There is a Boston ship that stops in San Francisco in a few days." "If we hurry, we can make it." "well, that's good news." "Romero." "Bring him in." "I have no desire to wait around for a ship to come into Monterey." "Especially since Diego has decided to turn over the money from the Los Angeles area." "Well, apparently he has decided you are not a bandit or a cheat after all." "Please, senorita." "Senor Verdugo, may I present Lieutenant Santos of the Presidio of San Francisco." "VERDUGO:" "Senor." "Diego de Ia Vega of the pueblo de Los angeles." "De Ia Vega brought money for supplies from Los angeles, just as I brought the money from Santa Cruz." "You wish us to leave immediately?" "Isn't this a change of plan?" "We have been over that, senor." "I have examined his credentials and everything seems to be in order." "I suggest you and the lieutenant ride into town, make the final arrangements." "We will join you there by, uh, 2:00?" "You will turn over the money at that time, Diego?" "Si." "Senorita." "I must finish packing." "You're not bringing your daughter with you?" "I have not fully made up my mind." "always, since I was a little girl, he has promised he would take me to Spain." "With conditions as they are, with Spain at war, running the blockade is a dangerous thing." "There are always dangers, Diego, in everything we do." "It is better to face them than to hide from them." "I understand." "Con permiso." "I am sorry we misunderstood one another, Diego, but that is behind us now, isn't it?" "{WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY}" "Senor." "would it be all right if I wait here?" "I will not be long." "It's the best wine in the house for you, lieutenant." "Shh." "You wish something, sergeant?" "Si." "I wish there was somebody here who wouId" "Ah." "Another soldier." "Ha." " well, then, sir, I" " Yes, sergeant?" "Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia of the king's Iancers, assigned to the pueblo de Los angeles, at your service." "I am very happy to meet you, lieutenant." "I am Lieutenant RafaeI Santos of the Presidio San Francisco." "It is very good wine they serve here in Monterey." "Do you not find it so?" "It is adequate." "You wish something, sergeant?" "Oh, no, lieutenant." "I just wanted to make sure you are not lonely." "It is sad to be so far from home where one's friends cannot join you." "No?" "Then you are not on duty, sergeant?" "Oh, no, lieutenant." "Thank you for inviting me." "Innkeeper." "Bring a glass for the sergeant." "Si, lieutenant." " You say you are from Los angeles?" " Si." "Then you must have accompanied Senor de Ia Vega" " when he brought the funds north." " Si." "well, I did not accompany him." "Not exactly." "Uh..." "He came first." "Si, he's right." "Diego de Ia Vega and his manservant came ahead of the soldiers." "A military guard." "And yet you did not accompany the man who carried the money?" "Si, I did not accompany him." "I am the man who carried the money." " Salud." " Salud." " Then tell me something, sergeant." " Anything, lieutenant." "Do you have the money with you?" "Money?" "What money?" "The money we were just talking about." "Oh, that money." "Heh." "I have it in a safe place because of the bandidos, you know." "Si." "Innkeeper." " You will excuse me, sergeant." " Si." "Sergeant Garcia." "Just the man I want to see." "Lieutenant Santos, is not Senor Serrano with you?" "We are to meet later." "He had some arrangements to make." "I see." "Ah, Don Diego, it is good to see you." "Have some wine." "No, thanks, sergeant." "would you mind stepping up to my room?" "There is something I want to speak to you about." "Oh, you have decided what to do about the you know what." "Yes, I have decided." "And, uh, by now, everybody knows what." "Ah, little one." "Getting ready to go back to Los angeles, eh?" "As soon as we turn over the money to Senor Verdugo." "Oh." "You've been putting on a little weight." "Is the food so good here?" "In Monterey?" "The rations here would starve a pigeon." "well, uh, what about that?" "That is the money belt, Don Diego." "It only makes me look fat." "You know, carrying all this money is a heavy responsibility, Don Diego." "Cheer up, sergeant." "You'II soon be thin again." "I will be glad to lose this from around my waist." "It will be a big load off my shoulders." "No one suspects you?" "To them, I am Lieutenant Santos." "ANASTACIO:" "Our leader is well pleased." "The plan is the same?" "We will make camp at the canyon." "I will signal you." "Senorita, with your permission," "I would Iike to ride with you as far as my home in Santa Cruz." "You will have an extra sword for half of the way." "VERDUGO:" "I'm sure we would be happy to have you." "Lieutenant Santos, they sent only yourself to guard the money?" "I've left my men ten kilometers down the road, senor." "Not only to keep the road clear, but to keep from arousing suspicion." "After all, a detail of soldiers guarding a gentleman and his daughter is rather unusual." "That was very wise of the lieutenant." "Don Diego." "Senor Verdugo." "VERDUGO:" "The money will always be with me." "And this." "I pray for the best, but am prepared for the worst." "Let us hope there will be no need to use it, senor." "I wish I couId convince you this journey's too dangerous for a woman." "I am not afraid, Diego." "You will miss me?" "After all, now who will you argue with?" "Ha-ha." "Adiüs." "That's precious cargo, Romero." "I know that better than you, senor." "I will see you in Los angeles, Don Diego, as soon as corporal Reyes has recovered enough to travel." "Adiüs, sergeant." "Adiüs, my good friend." "Are you hungry?" "Neither am I. Perhaps we'd better stop and water the horses, though." "Somehow, it doesn't seem fair, does it?" "There's always so much work for Zorro, solving everyone's problems except his own." "You look tired." "We've come a Iong way." " At least ten kilometers." " Mm-hm." "Lieutenant Santos." "What about your men?" "They were to meet us here, weren't they?" "This was to be our meeting place." "Rest assured, senor, they will arrive sometime before morning." "What a magnificent animal." "Yes." "It looks as if he's thrown his rider." "Wait here." "It was like trying to catch the wind." "I don't think I couId have caught him even with Tornado." "That's strange." "I'm going to try to follow him, see if I can catch him." "Senor, what happened?" " My horse, Phantom." " He led me here." "Take care of him." "He is" " You will ride again, senor." " No." "No." "Can you tell me who you are?" "Where you're from?" "Santos." "Lieutenant Santos." "Presidio, San Francisco." "{HOOFBEATS APPROACHING}" "Bring water, Bernardo." "quickly." "He needs help." "Dead?" "That's Lieutenant Santos." "The man riding with Anna Maria and her father is an impostor." "I'm afraid they're in great danger." "Yes, there'II be work for Zorro." "Go." "AII right, Phantom." "We'II go together." "What is that?" "Some kind of a bird." "I've never heard one quite like it." "If you will excuse me, I will go take a look." "Don't be nervous, my dear." "I'm sure the soldiers will soon join us." " Senor?" " Hmm?" " Senor, I want to ask you something." " Si." "Does everything seem to you to be as it should be?" "well, what do you mean?" "well, I don't know, senor." "I have a strange feeling." "Nothing really definite." "Yes, I think I know what you mean." "I've had a strange sense of foreboding ever since we got here." "probably it is nothing, but I think there can be no harm in your keeping your pistol ready." "I think Lieutenant Santos and I should stand guard, at Ieast until the other soldiers arrive." "Father." "I owe you my Iife, senor." "Lieutenant!" " Lieutenant." " Here, senor." "pablo." "Put up your pistols." "Drop your guns." "Both of you." "I gave you an order." "That man you are with, pablo, my ex-servant." "He's a liar and a thief." " What does this mean, lieutenant?" " It means the money, old man." "Bring it here." "Senor." "I said, bring me the money." "pablo." "You have no choice, senor." "Bring the money." "Zorro." "Romero, after him." "AII right, bandido, talk." "If you value your life, talk and talk fast." "Who's behind all this?" "Who gave you your orders?" "please, senor, I don't know all these answers." "well, then tell me what you do know." "The other one got away." "An excellent shot, senor." "unfortunately, he could have given us much valuable information." "He was trying to escape." "He could not have gotten far." "I shot in haste, in anger because of my friends." "If anything had happened to the senorita..." "I do not know who you are, senor, but I do know we would all be dead if it weren't for you." "This, my dear, is the man I've been telling you about, el Zorro." "It is twice, senor, I owe you my Iife." "The way north is still very dangerous." "please return to Monterey." "You will not come with us?" "No, senorita." "But I can promise you this:" "I will never be far away from you." "But how can I thank you?" "Adiüs, senorita." "We will meet again." "So now you have met the bandit, Zorro." "I know nothing about his being a bandit." "I think he's the most wonderful man I have ever met."