"Jerónimas?" " Yep." "Are you sure you want to go in there?" "If you don't tell anyone I'm a girl I'll give you the whole bag." "I won't tell anyone and I don't want your money." "Prince Charles broke into the convent of Jerónimas." "The guard tried to capture him but he fled with the help of one of his accomplices that we have been able to apprehend." "Confess in court or before the king, if necessary, that you came into this sacred enclosure bound by the heretic Prince." "Who's there?" "He's in the brothel in Luzon Street." "Take the prince safely to the British Embassy." "Who dares to disturb the Holy Inquisition?" "I bring him news of someone that his grace is looking for all over Madrid." "Take the boy from him." "More tomorrow." "Goodbye." " Vow to God, no." "You're not staying here just for the captain, right?" " What?" "What are you doing?" " Let's go!" "The king himself has arranged for your own safety that from now on you will reside here at the royal palace." "Don Francisco says you need a fencing master." "No one better than you." "Keep in mind, your Excellency, that the smallest detail out of place, the smallest change in the protocol, can cause the discomfort of His Majesty." "We did not come from the Indies, excellency." "Nor is it our intention to cause annoyance." "But remember that less than a week ago His Highness the Prince slipped through the window of a convent." "He knows perfectly well what is at stake in this reception." "I do not doubt it." "His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales." "Episode 4:" "A Soldier of the Third" "Calm." "Majesty, my lord, King James of England and Scotland sends his humble desire for peace and harmony." "And with them sends you his most precious being, his son, Prince Charles of Wales." "Never has a man been so happy to serve his country, because none have had the luck to offer their love to one as beautiful and pious as the Infanta Mariana." "Let me offer this humble present" "with the desire to always remember this moment." "Come." "Do you see yourself?" "The most beautiful lady in England and Spain." "This can not continue." "Juan Barradás is dead." " Stabbed." "They found his body three days ago in a ditch." "By God, what times we live in!" "Did you know him?" " He was an old mate from the Third." "A good comrade." "Do you know why they killed the poor man?" "God knows." "Some bad cards or someone did not like how he was looking at him." "Sometimes I miss the mud and shit of Flanders." " Next!" "Prince Charles is a boy, eminence." "It is normal to display galantry." "But is that your worship has not seen what I have?" "You are allowing the English heretic to stroll through our court." "I fulfill the desires of our king." "Leave off the nonsense." "You do not deceive me." "Neither God nor the crown can want a marriage such as that one." "We must ensure that the stay in the Court of our guest does not create more problems." "Undoubtedly we should initiate him in our customs." "What do you think if we held a masked ball in his honor?" "Great idea, excellency." "The Queen will be pleased too." "She still remembers the one that the Admiral of Castile organized to celebrate his victories." "There has been no such party in any court." "Of course it cost the Admiral half his fortune." "The occasion warranted it, don Luis, as it should now." "I believe unequivocally that your palace would be the appropriate place to celebrate it." "But excellence, it is a distinction reserved only for grandees of Spain." "Don't be modest, good secretary." "You are not a grandee at the moment, but who knows if someday..." "However I would not wish to arouse suspicion in the court." "Nonsense, don Luis." "His Majesty the King will be very pleased with your worship, I assure you." "I could not agree more with the Duke." "My dear Duke of Buckingham." "Excellency." "Don Luis." "Doña Teresa de Guzmán, wife of don Luis." "I have seen many beautiful women since I arrived in Spain but certainly your worship beats them all." "Doña Teresa and her husband, Don Luis, were talking about the party that they want to celebrate tomorrow in his palace in honor of the Prince." "Tomorrow?" "It will be a pleasure." "And a success, don Luis, and a success." "Excellency." "Provide the benefit of eight escudos in favor of Diego Alatriste, soldier of his majesty, nicknamed Captain." "Here are my military records." "Member of the old third of Cartagena." "Service in Flanders and Naples." "Also against the Turks in the Levant and Barbary." "That is on record." "Next." "Well?" "Your claim will be settled in its time." "What time is that?" " When the conditions for payment are met." "This bears the signature of his greatness, the Count Duke of Olivares." "For what other condition is it necessary to wait?" "His Majesty's soldiers are many and the coffers are limited, Captain." "Don't you know the hardships through which the kingdom passes right now?" "Next." "Captain, let's go." "He's only one official." "Diego, restraint." "Your worship is closer to being sentenced to the galleys than to receiving your escudos." "And you closer to getting killed in a dark alley." "Diego, by God." "Another day we will have more luck." "What do you say?" "Will I have better luck another day?" "Remember the dark alleys." "Blood of Christ." "Palais du Louvre, Paris." "Well?" "Prince Charles is in Madrid." "So he passed through France without us knowing?" "He traveled incognito." "And accompanied by the Duke of Buckingham by express order of the king." "I am bewildered." "What is he trying to do by risking his life this way?" "To force a wedding with the Infanta." "Apparently the young prince is madly in love with the Spanish since receiving her portrait." "In love?" "But is that there are still idiots who fall in love?" "He must be one." "We can not allow that link." "Weren't you saying, eminence, that the Spanish would never marry one of their infantas to a heretic?" "We must help him remember that there can be no compromise with the Anglicans." "Prepare to leave immediately for Madrid." "Me?" "Who better than a pious woman like you to convince him?" "Keep me informed of all his movements." "And remember, this alliance does not suit us." ""Us" is France?" ""Us" is you and I." "Leave me to decide what's best for France." "My rex quen dux lauda." "Laudat." "Laudat with a T, Iñigo, you're not in Cáceres." "Of course I understand that your young Basque eyes are not accustomed to such beauty." "Don't distract the child, don Francisco." "Just look once at great beauty one eternally lit view and it lasts forever imprinted in the soul." "See if you can look where you're going." "It was my fault, sorry." "Keep your poems, don Francisco, it's not the right time for them." "I've found you work with a silversmith." "You start tomorrow." "But Captain..." " At nine o'clock at master Correa's house." "No pay, other than food and shelter." "I have not come to Madrid to be an apprentice of nothing." "I want to be a soldier." "Iñigo, run to make your bundle, go." "Spain goes to hell, don Francisco." "Everybody steals and nobody gets punished." "This is a country of leeches." "They have refused the eight escudos to you again - right?" "By the way, they await you at the comedy theater for your first class." "Your first class?" "Are you going to get a bachelor's degree, Diego?" " What class?" "It isn't the captain who receives classes, it is he who teaches." "And who is the student?" " Well..." " People of the theater." "Ya." "Of course, don Francisco, as if you did not know him." "A masquerade ball, just what I needed." "I'll have to notify the upholsterer, commission him to bring carpets and tapestries for the walls." "You don't intend to receive the king with bare walls?" "And the tailor too." "To bring his best fabrics." "Cloth from Flanders, at least." "I don't want rags." "Have you gone mad?" "How do you think I'm going to pay for all that?" "Luís, like everyone else, borrow." " Borrow?" "Look at the Count of Guadalmedina." " What?" "They say that he owes more than 10,000 escudos." "And there you have him, he doesn't stop hunting or giving parties." "But I'm not the Count." "I've realized that you're not." "Aren't you going to pray?" "I've done it already." "Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum..." "And God still does not give me what I ask." "What are you doing?" "Do I have to explain it?" "You might want save some energy for your class tomorrow." "Don Francisco...!" "What is it?" "Just fencing." "May I know who you're going to teach fencing?" "I think I'd better sleep in my room." "Is she this fairy, who came to see you at the Church when you were injured?" "I knew it." "And is it possible to know why this actress wants to learn fencing?" "To defend herself?" "For me, I don't actually need fencing to defend myself." "Want to see it?" "She's a hooker, whore, slut...!" "Concubine!" "On top of that, you're laughing?" "I tell you, Diego," "God knows one day you'll be killed, don't be surprised if it is I who do it." "Goodnight Charity." "What are you doing, you're not in bed?" "Charity screamed..." "May she be cheated by him, as well." "I'll kill that woman if she comes near me." "She doesn't need help to defend herself." "Go to bed." "Don Diego Alatriste?" "Captain Alatriste." "My name is Elvira and this is my brother Fernando." "We're the children of Juan Barradás." "A good comrade, Juan." "My condolences." "We have not come looking for condolences." "We've come for help." "Our father told us before he died we could count on your mercy if we were in trouble." "What kind of trouble?" "This is all the inheritance of Juan Barradás." "When San Jorge in his shining armor kills the dragon the blood of the Knight will flow." "Obscure words from my friend Juan." "Let me explain, Captain." "The San Jorge which my father referred to there is an image that he brought from Flanders." "He kept it at home for a few days but he was uneasy." "He spent sleepless nights watching it at all hours." "Later he decided to take it to the convent of my uncle, the prior of San Gervasio." "After that we didn't see him again until he was found dead." "Barradás was a good man but he was impulsive." "My father had his fingernails torn, head burnt, he had been tortured." "The captain's lad, I suppose." "My name is Iñigo Balboa." "You're late." "I believe that I have been mislead about you." "This is an artisan's hand?" "I'm a soldier like my father, God rest his soul." "Well now you're an apprentice, son." "Well, with a little effort, maybe in a few years you'll learn the trade." "But meanwhile you have to earn your bread." "Start sweeping." "Come on, take it." "You Demon brat!" "And hurry up." "When you're done here sweep the inside." "For Christ's sake!" "What are you waiting for?" "Move, move." "Don Antonio." " Good morning." "It is an honor to serve." "A Masked Ball in honor of the heretic Prince." "What does your uncle mean by this?" "Believe me, Grace, he had no choice." "Your Reverence knows better than I in his position he is forced to accept certain things." "As for example to become a pimp of that wedding that humiliates us, the Spanish." "You are right, but perhaps we might make use of the dance for our pious objectives." "Please Grace, listen." "The Infanta Mariana is a virtuous person but also a woman and has weaknesses." "Where are you going with this, my child?" "Perhaps during the dance she and the Prince, driven by their passion, may do something indiscreet." "Is it possible to obtain that which you propose?" "Your Reverence will recall that the princess trusts in me." "As do I." "Imagine the reaction and the King's surprise if the infanta was found in a compromising position with the heretic Prince." "Dear Angélica, I'm sorry that your uncle does not enjoy your wit and talent." "And now will you absolve my sins?" "Ego te absolvo in nomine Patris, et Filii, Et Spiritus Sancti." "Amen." "Your father asked me to look after it for a few days." "Who would have thought that my brother would not be here with us?" "Will you allow me, father?" "Yes, of course." "I don't understand who could kill poor Juan." "And in this horrible way." "What are you doing?" "Stay calm." "Have you found anything?" "No." " And the letter from my father?" "What did he mean by the Knight's blood will flow?" "I don't know yet, but we have to leave." "Meanwhile do not take your eyes off the Saint, father." "Elvira, daughter, have you thought about what I said?" "I've spoken to your aunt, abbess of St. Agatha." "Thank you, uncle, but before taking a decision like that" "I want to make arrangments for Fernando." "You're a good girl, niece." "Lady, your prince is right, you are the most beautiful in Spain and England." "I would say even more, in the world." "Oh, please!" "The Prince just wanted to be gallant." "Lady, the prince wants you." "Angélica, please!" "How can one so young say such things?" "I do not say it, he says it himself." "How?" "To whom?" "Luisa, go to the residence of the queen and find out her disguise." "Right now." "Well?" "That, that he wants you and wants to see you alone." "But that's impossible." " In the citadel yes, but not in my palace." "Angélica, you know that can not be." "If my brother found out..." "Why does he have to know?" "Do not insist." "It isn't me insisting, it's him." "He also said that his patience runs out." "Why?" "He has been in Madrid for weeks." "Now it's postponed and he can not even see you." "It is normal to get tired and start looking for other candidates." "The Queen's costume is not half as pretty as yours." "All, out." "Did I say something wrong?" "You neglect your guard." "Monitor the distance." "You're hardly going to recover your guard if you plow ahead like crazy." "I see you learn fast." "You're a good teacher, I know." "But you always make the same mistake." "When you attack neglect your flank." "You hurt me." "In that you are the master." "It is difficult to erase the traces of the past within a hair's breadth, Diego." "You've had enough lessons for today." "No, it's not enough." "I still need to learn more." "I say when it ends." "Back tomorrow at the same time." "Do you hear?" "Captain." " Who told you that I'm here?" "Don Francisco." "It's my uncle." "He's been murdered." "Higher." "Asunta." "Take care that you place more flowers out there." "Yes, ma'am." "Is that all you have?" " Yes, ma'am." "Ask the señor for money and buy as many things as are needed." "Hurry." "Do you think my uncle can afford such expense?" "The occasion merits it." "Remember that my father's legacy should not be touched." "Without your father's inheritance you would have no place in this house, dear Angélica." "The one that will have no place will be you, once I reach the age to receive it." "I'll tell you one thing, demon girl." "If you are to continue in my house, you will do as I say." "Your House?" " Shut up." "I don't want to hear another word." "Out." "Why should I leave?" "You will pay, bitch." "Not eating?" " I'm not hungry." "Then you'll eat it tomorrow." "Enough for today." "Now pick up and do the dishes." "And tomorrow at dawn you'll go to the standpipe at Peral and fill the pitchers." "And where do I sleep?" " Where?" "Right there, under the table." "The issue seems clear." "During some looting in Flanders, Barradás had a stroke of luck and found a treasure." "He could see himself returning rich and noble to Spain, the dream of every soldier." "The problem was to take the spoils with discretion." "This is where San Jorge comes in." "San Jorge and someone else, possibly the two foreigners this morning." "Probably your father made some deal with them." "A deal our good soldier had forgotten upon entering Spain." "My father was always a man of his word." "So they tortured him to find out where he hid the loot." "But he said nothing." "Then they must have followed you to the convent." "It's our fault they killed him." "Well, now all that remains is to pray for the souls of your father and your uncle." "Also pray for the two foreigners, that since there is a God they are going to pay for it." "Captain." "Were you looking for us?" "Yes, I want you to find two men for me as soon as possible, possibly from Flanders, with the appearance of veterans." "Loaded with a package that size, more or less." "And what will you pay for these Flemish?" "You'll have the rest when you find them." "We'll let you know." "Raspas, come on." "They're probably trying to leave Madrid discreetly." "Look who's here, Luis." "It's Gonzalo, the son of our friend, the Baron of Bayocuerpo." "Don Luis, you have become a true gentleman." "Luis, why don't you introduce our niece?" "Yes, of course." "Gonzalo, remember my niece Angélica?" "How could I forget?" "Angélica will be happy to keep you company." "Right?" "Tell me that they don't make a good couple." "You say it because he is a count." "Out, and don't let me see you around here again, swine!" "They're inside." " Are you sure?" "They have ordered beer, donkey piss." "They come from Flanders." "And have you seen the bundle?" " One like that big, as the captain told us." "Let's tell the captain, then." "You stay and watch, just in case the birds fly away." "There is no danger, I heard them asking for beds for the night." "Just in case." "Come on, you." "No, I'm staying." "Whatever." "Father, and you, being a priest, how is it that you spend so much time stuck in a tavern?" "For you." "Someone has to take care of your souls." "No?" "That is, Copons, the father is here because it is never known when you'll need a funeral prayer." "Shit, Diego!" "Don't make jokes about certain things." "We have them, Captain." "Close to Segovia Street, in the Lion Inn." "Alone or more with them?" " Alone, so Raspas told me." "Don't waste time." "My brother?" " He stands watch." "Where are you going armed at this hour?" "We're going to explain to two heretics that they cannot freely kill a companion of ours." "And for the memory of a friend who is already dead are you going to risk your life?" "Be careful." "Where are you going?" "You stay with Charity." "Take care." "Highness, the Prince awaits." " Angélica, By God, no!" "Trust me." "Nobody will notice anything." "I'm dying to see you alone." "You are very daring, excellency." "Your beauty gives me courage." "When the games begin." "Your love awaits." "I have not forgotten our games under the table." "I dreamed of your worship." "I remember like it was yesterday." "You can not displease him." "But what if my brother...?" " There is talk of marrying him to your cousin Leopoldina." "I love you, Mariana." "At the beginning of the games, in the game room." "I'll be counting the minutes." "He awaits you in the game room." " Angélica!" "Trust me." "What the captain gave us is for Basilio and me." "If you came it's because they killed your father." "What are you doing?" "Hey, where are you going?" "Come on, come on." "Check." "I am lucky this night...!" "Innkeeper, a little more wine." "It is going very well, don Luis." "I did not want to spare anything in order to please his Majesty." "It's time." "Will you follow me, Your Highness?" "Lets remember this." "As proof of our love." "Highness." "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing here?" "Angélica." "Raspas, wake up!" "And Fernando?" " Inside." "I've already told you that the Flemish left some time ago." "I don't know what you're looking for in their room." "But... what do you want?" "Holy host!" "Fernando!" "No, no!" "No!" "Angélica, I would like to talk to you." "No, please, Asunta, stay." "Angélica," "I want you to understand that your uncle would be really hurt if you're not discreet." "Don't worry, dear aunt, nothing will come out of my mouth about what I saw today that could hurt him, unless you meddle again in my life, or of course lay your hands on me." "It will not happen again." "Aren't you going to say goodnight, aunt?" "Goodnight niece." "Asunta, bring me some paper." "I said will not come out of my mouth, but never said anything about my pen." "I'd heard that you were not in Flanders, that you have chosen to become a man of substance." "I want you to do me a favor, soldier." "Get this note to Quevedo." "But he must not know that I have given it to you." "It's very important." " I'll do it." "Welcome, ma'am." "What I can help you with?" "Nothing, I fear." "What did you do, stupid?" "Are you frightening my clientele?" "Where do you think you're going?" " None of your business." "You are insolent." "You will speak to me with respect." "Come, you are going to do your chores." "Bum, you're a bum!" "Don't put your hands on me." " But: you who do you think you are?" "The Duke of Alba?" "I'll..." " I warn you: do not touch me." "Your party yesterday was a success." "The King is very pleased." "Nothing is too much for his majesty." "You are right, because he tells me that given how well it went, you are to prepare another one shortly." "Another party?" " Yes, but not the same." "The fireworks were great, but we must not bore our Majesty and your guests with the same." "I'll see what I can do." "My dear Duke." "How are you?" "Refreshed by the party yesterday?" "What brings you to my office?" "Do you have to ask me, Your Grace?" "The wedding, I imagine." "We have been three weeks in Madrid and nothing has advanced." "Well, please do not say that." "I was just telling don Luis precisely how enthused His Majesty was yesterday about his future brother." " So?" "So, it continues." "Can we set a date for the wedding?" "How will we know when we are going back to England?" "All in due time, excellency." "You've already seen that the rush leads things nowhere." "What about the papal bull?" "Do we have a dispensation to marry the couple?" "The bull?" "I can assure you that my envoys in Rome will soon get that." "It is a certain thing, excellency." "Excellency." "Chocolate, Highness?" "Thank you, excellency." "The Vatican." "Eminence." "We've been waiting for hours." "I know, I know." "A little patience." "Patience, yes." "But at least tell us if the Pope has already taken a position on the bull." "By God, excellency!" "Understand that his Holiness can not be importuned for anything." "For anything?" "We're talking about an alliance that can give us peace, which is also the wish of his holiness." "We're talking about a wedding with a heretic." "But you know as well as I that are not so many differences between the Anglican faith and ours." "Is that what you think?" "Are you sure, dear Cardinal Massini?" "Perhaps I have not expressed it properly." "All right?" "True, yes, there are differences, but could they not be overcome with a little goodwill?" "How much will are we talking about?" "Well, this is the last straw!" "We've already made delivery of 50,000 escudos." "Do please keep your voice down." "How much more do you want to solve this issue?" "What is the income of the Archbishop of Toledo?" "Well?" "The Flemish are emerging from the villa." "Are they alone?" "They have recruited people last night." "How many?" "I don't know, I counted five, but maybe more." "Many, right?" "No matter if five, ten." "I bring gossip." "Buckingham is a heretic, but does not waste time." "It seems that at the party yesterday" "The English sported a pin as a trophy." "The pin is rumored to belong to a married lady." "But what lady?" "What's happening here, this seems like a wake?" "Copons, do you know where to find Garrote?" "Warming the bed of a shopkeeper's wife." "Run and find him." "And your brother too, if you can find him." "Go." "Diego, I don't know what you're up to, but you know you can count on my steel." "I appreciate it, Don Francisco, but this is a matter for soldiers." "Angélica." " Señora?" "We have not yet discussed the incident last night." "No, we have not, Highness." "Yet, strange things happened." "Isn't it surprising that we were going to the same room occupied by your aunt and Buckingham?" "Highness, how could I imagine that my aunt and the English duke...?" "Don't say anything." "It was not your fault." "Oh, no?" " No, it was Cupid." "Cupid?" " Yes, Cupid, the god of love." "I confess that I have never given much credence to these things," "But yesterday... yesterday gave the impression of that little god throwing arrows left and right." "So it seems." "Seems?" "It was so." "Bam!" "An arrow in the heart of the prince." "Bam!" "Another in mine." "And so many more arrows." "It is normal for some to fall where they should not." "My aunt behaved in an unacceptable manner." "Undoubtedly, Angélica, no doubt." "But you have my word that not a word about seeing her yesterday will reach the ears of the queen." "She would be fired as a royal chambermaid." "You are very kind and generous." "It was Cupid, Angélica." "It's love, that is stronger than our will." "But your aunt, like me, must contain her impulses." "She is a married woman, and I am an Infanta of Spain." "Do not ever tempt me again to secret meetings." "But ma'am...!" " No, Angélica, do not insist." "Although I suffer, love must wait." "The imperial rule requires it." " Yes, Your Highness." "You can go." "Do not do this, please don't do this." "I want you, Teresa." "Ask me what you want and I will give it." "The pin, give me the pin." "Your Grace does not understand, but I am the wife of the royal secretary and I have a reputation to uphold." "Come and look for it." "Excellency," "I beseech you to understand me." "This is not your country." "In Spain women owe loyalty to our husbands." "And how much do you think the loot good Barradás swiped is worth ?" "I think not less than 1000 escudos." "If not, why would it be hidden in the Saint?" "Damn, what a lucky bastard!" "15 years of service and I never got a booty like that." "And that's that, Sebastian." "End of story." "This time I'll go with you, Captain." "A lot of iron for a stroll." "It's better that neither of you know where we're going, for your own sake." "Provided that it does not cause me problems..." "Can we talk?" "What has the boy done?" "This soldier subdued a jeweler by putting a spike in his face." "The jeweler wants your boy in jail." "What will we do?" "Do your job." "Okay, that's what I'll do." "March, the galleys of the king are waiting for you." "I think you won't last even a year on the end of an oar." "They'll skin you alive." "Probably in a couple of months they'll throw you overboard for fish food." "Enough, Martin." "I'll deal with it." "You'll have to take him down a peg." "The next time it may be hanging." "What do you want?" "To be a soldier?" "You'll learn it the hard way." "Do you remember how to use it?" " Yes, Captain." "I want you to take care of Elvira as of your own life." "Understand?" "That's an order." "March." "From someone who admires you." "The owner of pin worn by the Marquis of Buckingham is none other than... is none other than Mrs. Alquézar." "Read me what everybody finds so funny, dominate." "By God, you and your husband, your pin, Teresa, given borrowed as to Alquézar became horned and the love of the English you've preferred." "The secretary of the king will not think it's funny." "I don't think they'll have much trouble finding the perpetrator of this." "Don Francisco!" "That can not be helped." "María, listen to this which is running through Madrid about the wife of Alquezar." "What?" "Have you finished with this nonsense of fencing lessons?" "Or better: you've wasted enough time with that wretch." "You should not." " What would you know about what's good for me?" "Clearly I do know, and better than you." "And I don't think you had hard times during these years." "Well, we have a function in an hour and we get paid to recite not handle swords." "And now go back to being yourself." "Remove the idiot's shit." "Lady, your ice cream." " Thank you, Asunta." "I do not believe it's good for a lady to read so much." "Where is dona Teresa?" "We're going to the premiere of a new play by Lope." " I don't know, she went out a little after lunch." "She didn't say where she was going?" " I guess the palace, to visit you." "Maybe she had something more important to attend to." "What do you mean?" " Nothing." "Hurry up." "We're expected at the comedy theater." "Have you ever heard of the sweet taste of revenge?" "I am yours, but no more than woman, that woman, don Juan, I can not." "My work is yours." "Here I am." "Keep my only secret." "Why are you weeping, my life, beautiful soul of this breast?" "I do not want to force your happiness, it's that I only want your happiness." "Let me kill you!" "Oh God, there is a noise at the door!" "A man comes to us." "Who is it?" "Ordóñez, your squire." "A man called saying that your husband arrives." "Husband, lovers, what is this?" "I'm married, Don Juan." "Well, as my beloved, he's not dead." "Master Lope de Vega, I acknowledge that you have outdone yourself." "Nothing, nothing, Don Francisco," "I haven't reached the heights of the mysterious sonnet this morning." "Don't you think so, your worship?" "Ay, madam!" "For you parents and relatives I'd leave, life, honor, and friends." "Leap, Don Juan, go quickly." "Go, the noise grows, and I am afraid that the servants of my house will find you here," "With you, a man!" "What is this?" "Your pin, Teresa, given borrowed as to Alquézar became horned and the love of the English you've preferred." "So is what is said of don Luis true?" "We'll see." "Do not say you love me?" " I say I adore you." "Will you do anything I ask?" "Your own will is my treasure." "Do one thing for me, man in my life." "Say it right now." "What does this woman expect?" "To kill me, since she doesn't get tired of being the unfaithful one." "Barradás!" "This for my uncle, my brother this, and this for my father," "Juan Barradás." "You have to agree how successful the Lope was, right?" "I loved the comedy." "And you didn't see the beginning, Doña Teresa." "I amused myself looking at fabrics." " I don't know if the English duke understood the play, since he did not arrive in time..." "The theater was packed, right?" "Not to mention the people who could not get in." "Did you like the work, Luis?" " Yes." "Yes, anything else?" "Yes, nothing more." "You are boring sometimes!" "Uncle, there are discrete ways to solve these issues." "What are you suggesting, Angélica?" "That my dear aunt could suffer a sudden illness." "Lately there have been several cases of cholera, I think." "Don't be silly." " The honor of our family is at stake." "My nurse could handle everything." "San Jorge gold, shit on the king of spades, we'll be rich!" "What are you doing?" "Rubies, they're rubies!" "Thanks to these comrades our shitty life is over." "How much do we get each, Captain?" "Vicuña, the stones have an owner:" "Barradás." "Captain, let's think about this calmly." "I have thought calmly, Sebastian." "Or don't you remember who saved you from drowning in the canal of Maastricht?" "Barradás." "How about you, Garrote?" "Have you forgotten who saved your life in the bastion of Ostente?" "And you who healed your arm, Vicuña?" "The stones already have an owner: his daughter." "Do I make myself clear?" "Anyone who does not have it clear can take it up with me." "Can you tell me, Diego, where the girl will be safe with all this?" "In Segovia." "I want to enter the convent of my uncle." "Blood of Christ, the nuns will keep it all!" "Captain, thank you." "Engrave your father a good tombstone, stating that he was a soldier of the old third of Cartagena." "Madame de Brissac." " Ambassador." "We were expecting your arrival with impatience." "The fame of your beauty preceded you, but I have to say that you actually exceed it." "I thank you, but I have not come to this stinking town to be courted by you." "Have you prepared the reports I requested?" "Remember, I want a complete list of all those who have something to say in the court of King Philip position, title, and their relationship with the king." "I have a mission:" "prevent this wedding." "And remember that for all the reason for my visit in court is to meet this holy man, the priest Han or Peral that they speak about so much." "Ferran, father Ferran." "That one." "Find a way to contact him." "Now tell me, is it possible I can take a bath, or do you want me to end up smelling of garlic, like the rest of the Spanish?" "This way, please." "It has come to my attention that the Marquis of Buckingham has found a woman with whom he gets on perfectly." "So I've heard, excellency." "And it seems to be a person of rank." "Although as you can imagine, I do not give credence to rumors and gossip." "It is a sensible position." "People invent what pleases them." "Right." "But the king, our lord, he wishes that our guests should be pleased in all ways." "I am not sure if you follow me." " I follow, excellency." "The friendship between our two nations should be entrenched in the strongest ties." "No doubt there is much at stake." "Much, my good Alquézar." "That's why this woman's friendship with the Marquis would be helpful." "We will find out a great deal about the intentions and moods of the Duke!" "Are you sure your worship does not know this woman?" "Perhaps I'd be able to find out, yes." "Really, or you say whatever just to please me?" "I know her, excellency." "I know who she is." "Magnificent!" "What very pleasant news!" "Would you be able to convey our desire that she continues becoming close to Buckingham?" "Always within the highest standards of propriety." "So I will let her know." "And of course keep yourself informed of all the meetings." "Then, if you do not mind, inform me in great detail of their encounters." "Clear, excellency." "It will be as you please." "If you do not have anything more ..." "No, that was all." "You may withdraw." "Excellency." "Ah!" "I forgot." "I ask you to convey my respects to your wife." "And then the gentleman said to the maid... said: 'I do not want you because you are beautiful.'" "For in matters of love when you least suspect the bow sets arrows flying and the target is your own virtue." "No!" "Captain." " Ask me, Iñigo." "What did you feel the first time you killed a man?" "I was too busy watching his eyes to feel anything." "Will you teach me to be a soldier?" "We'll see." "At least one thing we're sure of," "I'm not worth anything as a jeweler." "Nor did you put in too much effort." "At least will you teach me to use the sword?" "First learn to use the dagger that your father gave you." "And Latin, then, can I quit?" "Don't push your luck." "But why?" "Why?" "Because with this you're going to go much further than with the tip of a sword." "What do you think about when you have killed a man?" "About being still alive." "I wanted to ask you one thing." " The wedding affair, again, no." "Is it true that your aunt continues seeing Buckingham?" "I have heard rumors about your wife." "Keep a watch on her." "And: what does this holy man think of the husband that leaves his wife for other women?" "Sword." " Give it to him." "I've never carved a friar." "That father Ferran is my friend." "And, Diego, what am I to you?" "They stole from a store with Alquézar's merchandise." "Where were you last night?" "I'm going to kill him, and you too if you cross my path." "Where is that damn kid?" "If your worship has some memorable verse..." "I decide when I kill." "And I do not like being told when."