"Margarita!" "Gonzalo,... they've kidnapped Margarita!" "This is all your fault,... if it weren't for you, Margarita would be with me and none of this would have happened." "How are our affairs advancing?" "Great, the shipment arrived without any setbacks... and all the rest is according to plan." "Who's that?" "It's my nephew, ma'am, Martín." "How old is he?" "~ 18, ma'am." "~ A perfect age to work in my garden, you can start tomorrow." "Sátur!" "What did my mother mean by this letter?" "How can we look for a medallion under the Finger of God?" "The other medallion will never show up." "You never know." "There it is, the Finger of God." "Have you seen my sister?" "I think something awful has happened to her!" "Help, help!" "This is the engagement ring my father gave my mother... now it's yours." "What a monster!" "Juan gave me this as an engagement present." "Now we can decide the date of the wedding." "Help me with Aunt Margarita,..." "I don't want her to marry Juan..." "I want her to keep living with us." "I say that in courtships, the longer the better... or you don't know what to expect." "Just go on this way, and you'll end up losing him... and Juan is the most important thing that has happened in your life." "You think it's easy for me knowing that she's still living in that house?" "It looks like you don't want to marry me." "Juan, don't go!" "I know who you are, Eagle." "Last night I saw you come in from the roof, and this morning I found a belt with your sigil hidden in your sheets." "and what you did with the orange." "I am NOT the Red Eagle, and don't you dare say that again, not to me nor to anyone else." "We've put my son's life into grave danger." "Father, please, don't you die, too." "You have what was agreed." "That didn't include the shot." "Go back to your countryside, and if you push me, I'll cut your throat!" "Where are the rest of the women?" "It's dark and cold." "A cave!" "If the French should happen to learn what happened to Laura de Montignac..." "You're forbidden to mention her name!" "The only thing I know is that someone is desperate that you not continue this investigation." "Don't worry, they'll come to rescue us, you'll see." "I won't stop until I find her." "Calm down, nothing's going to happen to us, we have to be strong." "Master, Master, wait!" "They can't have disappeared like that without leaving something... they must have left some sort of trail." "These wretches are like scorpions, Master... they hide under the rocks." "There's something that we've overlooked." "We'll retrace our steps and start over, come on!" "Master, the horses are wiped out." "Go home, I'll go on by myself." "No, no, it's not that... as for me, to find your sister-in-law Margarita I'd follow you to the very gates of hell... but we've searched every trail through this woods, and found nothing." "We're just rousting the squirrels." "There's not a trace, they've taken them away!" "Sátur, I can't go back without her!" "I can't lose her!" "I already know that, Master, but we can't run around like chickens with their heads cut off." "We don't know which way to turn." "Let's stop and think things through." "Let's go." "Don Juan de Calatrava, Duke of Velasco y Fonseca." "Your Majesty,..." "I apologized for bothering you at this hour." "Family is never a bother,... at least that's what they say." "Gentlemen... much less a distant cousin who I never see." "Others hover around like vultures." "Tell me what you want." "It's about my betrothed,... she's disappeared, and it's possible she's been kidnapped." "I don't know where she is or who might have her,... neither do I know what they intend to do with her." "That's why I implore you Majesty for help." "Portugal wishes to be independent of our rule,... there's a military mutiny in Catalonia,... and we have continuing problems in the Americas." "No, no, I think you haven't understood me,..." "I need help to find my fiancée,... with your army, with your influence." "The one who hasn't understood me is you,... she could be anywhere,... it would be very difficult to find her in this vast but troubled realm." "I won't stop until I find her." "I'm disposed to do what it takes..." "Some time ago I also lost a beloved,..." "Life goes on,... we must learn to forget." "Excuse me, excuse me, ma'am." "It's really you?" "What are you doing here?" "I work in the palace." "I thought you weren't real." "Excuse me." "My name's Martín." "I'm Irene." "The women will embark tonight on a trip to Argel." "I'm glad to hear it." "Good work, Commissioner." "Your Eminence, I'd prefer in the future not to get involved in this sort of assignment." "You won't have a future if you don't carry out these tasks." "I hope you will be a good advisor to Castile." "We need moral men, like you." "Advise me when the money arrives." "I will." "Indeed, according to my reports, you have not yet executed the sacrament of marriage." "Why not?" "Maybe I haven't found the right person." "But you'd better do it,... a person in high office should mind his appearances... to get surrounded by women and children to achieve it... may not be a temptation,... but it indeed is a requisite inconvenience." "Don't you think?" "Your Eminence." "Think about it." "I've been a rather short time at the palace." "Commissioner!" "How nice to see you again!" "With your permission, I'll leave you two alone." "Was he annoying you?" "~ No." "~ You know, if there's something you need, just say the word." "Oh, here you are." "If you'll forgive me, I'm late for my prayers." "Have I interrupted something?" "No." "I only wanted to tell you that I've rethought the matter of Irene." "I accept your proposition." "She's not just a girl any more?" "Surely,... but in addition to being a very profitable marriage, such a wife would be good for my reputation." "Very well, we'll put everything into motion." "What do you get from all this?" "I want the first daughter you have with her,..." "Nuño will marry her and end up as the first vice-chancellor of the Vatican." "Think about it." "Let's see: they caught them, they took them to a cave,... they were bound up, but then what?" "Blanca said they were going to sell them, but where?" "Maybe they're still hidden in town, Master." "Father, Father!" "But why didn't you get me up, we're going to be late for school?" "!" "Oh, no school today --- I have to take care of some errands." "Really?" "But we'll make up the time,... so don't you start worrying." "~ Thanks, Dad." "If only every day was like this!" "~ Fine, let's go." "Poor kid, if he ever loses his aunt too...!" "Hey!" "Margarita is still alive!" "I'm certain." "~ Have you learned something?" "~ No." "You?" "Yes, yes, I know something --- that my fiancée is in danger and it's all your fault!" "They grabbed her when she was on the way to see you, it was you who was pressuring her about the wedding!" "Ah, that's your problem --- our wedding!" "You think I don't notice how you stare at her?" "You don't like it when she's with you but you don't want her to go, either." "You're talking nonsense, and you're no one to talk, either, so get out of my home!" "I'm her betrothed!" "Let's settle this once and for all!" "Enough, enough, it's all right, man, now's not the time." "You're always fighting like two thugs in a bar!" "They've sold Margarita as a slave,... what we have to do is to find her, Master." "We have to do something." "No, no, please, no!" "Quiet, I'm not going to abandon you." "Ma'am, do you speak my language?" "Do you speak our language?" "Ma'am, listen to me, listen!" "I have a lot of money,... my fiancée is a very important noble, and if you help us escape from here,..." "I swear you'll be granted whatever you want!" "Gold, gold, you'll have all the gold you want, I swear,... but help us escape." "Look!" "Hey, look, look!" "Look there!" "Look, hey, hey, look, please!" "I bet you a coin that I have an authentic chameleon..." "Gabi, Gabi!" "Something horrible has happened!" "It'd have to be pretty awful news, compared to mine... you've just made me miss breakfast!" "They've sold my aunt as a slave!" "I'll never see her again!" "What?" "Your Dad, what does he say?" "Nothing --- he shouts like a lunatic, quarreling with Juan,... they almost came to blows!" "We have to look for her, and you've got to help me!" "Where's the slave market?" "Take me there, I have to go, please!" "I know where it is." "Come on, quickly!" "For a gardener, you spend more time inside the palace than you do outside it." "It's just that I bring in a lot of flowers to decorate things a bit... but I was just about to leave." "No, no, no, it's not what you think,..." "You were stealing?" "Man, not stealing,... it's just that my cousin died, and it's been a couple of weeks since I had any fruit." "and, instead of letting them rot..." "But I'll put them back where they were, and nothing's happened here." "Don't worry, since you've already taken them, you can keep them." "But say nothing to your friend the commissioner..." "I've already seen that you're very well in with him." "Although it doesn't look like it at first, he's a real nice guy." "In the convent, when we acted up, we got our hands beaten with sticks." "Hey, you're not a nun, are you?" "Were you always treated as a member of a closed order?" "Of course not." "I don't have to be a nun only because I believe in God." "I grew up in a convent." "The nuns rised me." "Also there you were always locked?" "My aunt says that you're not allowed to leave the palace." "You can go." "Don't worry, I won't say anything." "Why can't you go outside?" "Don't you have any curiosity about what might be out there?" "My uncle, the Cardinal, says that I'm not ready yet." "I can't, and don't even want to disappoint him." "I can show you around town,... you'll surely like it." "I'm sorry, but I can't." "It would be easy to keep it quiet." "No, no, no, no!" "Let me wash you, my heart, so that you'll feel better." "She doesn't allow anybody to touch her, not even me, her sister." "What savages, they should be skinned alive!" "Hi." "~ I brought some bread and milk to see if it perks her up." "~ Thanks, Cipri." "No, no, no, not now, Gonzalo." "Estuarda, it's very important: your sister is alive, but we don't know what happened to the other women." "Thanks." "Let's go, Cipri." "Blanca,..." "I know this is very hard for you, but... you're the only one who can help the others." "Do you remember anything?" "Anything, anything at all." "Don't be scared, I won't hurt you." "Don't let him touch me, tell him not to touch me, please!" "Blanca, do you remember me?" "Do you remember when we used to go to the river, to play at scaring the fish?" "The stones we used to throw at them, do you remember?" "And, love, there will be a few little questions, then peace, all right?" "Blanca, please, did they say where they were taking them?" "Make him go out, please, tell him to go out!" "I don't want to talk to anybody, please!" "What's this mark?" "Blanquita, Blanquita, my love, listen to me,... who did this to you?" "Speak to me, please, speak to me!" "Estuarda, have you ever seen this symbol before?" "Stop, stop!" "Are you sure it's this the way?" "Yes." "You think this would be enough?" "Are you going to sell your mother's pendant?" "I don't have anything else!" "In addition, they were sisters,... she loved her very, very much." "~ You can't go in, you can't go in." "~ Pipe down!" "~ Excuse me, sir." "~ Yes, Juan?" "~ Rodrigo." "~ I figured you were curing beggars in a leper colony." "You have to help me." "Slaves, strong arms, healthy!" "Slaves, strong as oak trees!" "Obedient as a dog!" "Excuse me, excuse me, I want to buy a female slave." "Here you are, I've got this." "Push off, kid!" "Please, I'm looking for my aunt!" "She's brunette and very beautiful --- surely you've got her here!" "Kid, the slaves we have here sell for gold!" "If you don't like the pendent, I'll work for you..." "I'll do whatever, but please,..." "I have to find her." "Have you seen a woman?" "Excuse me, she's very beautiful, and a brunette." "The best investment, strong arms, healthy..." "Let's go Alonso, she's not here." "Slaves newly brought from the Americas." "It's a bad business, trafficking in slaves... it's for people without a conscience." "Like you." "I treat my servants well..." "I give them a better life." "Not servants at all, slaves." "Rodrigo, I need your help." "Tell me what you know, anything, a name..." "We're friends, come on, spit it out!" "There exists a secret society... its members are very influential:..." "Counts, Dukes, Churchmen." "They meet to carry out all sorts of business." "And what does that have to do with the women?" "The women... they're using them..." "No, no, no, spare me the details." "When's their next meeting, Rodrigo?" "It's almost impossible to find your fiancée." "they move them all over the place, and then..." "When's the next meeting?" "!" "~ Tonight." "~ I'm going with you." "No, no --- if they catch on, they'll kill us." "Juan, I can't!" "You're going to take me to this meeting!" "Estuarda has said that all the women they use have this mark." "To Hell with secret societies!" "But how will we know who to look for if you haven't seen their faces?" "You don't know even one name, nor anything at all!" "But I know the place they'll meet is somewhere in the suburbs." "Sátur, get the horses ready, we leave at once." "~ I'm coming too." "~ You?" "Everyone sees me as a coward,..." "Inés even said it to my face,..." "I guess that's the reason why she left." "Man, no, Inés left, Cipri, because,... she had to go and she just did it..." "We're going, being courageous is not such a great deal,... because the courageous have filled the tombs!" "Cipri, I need you here,... someone has to be here in case Blanca has something else to say." "Is it here where they keep the girl who was kidnapped?" "Yes, in the care of her sister --- she says they raped her." "If she's like her, she surely enjoyed it, it runs in the family." "Master!" "Relax, I'd also like to bust their skulls,... but we must restrain ourselves." "Sátur, Sátur!" "From now on, never ever talk that way about any woman, do you hear me?" "Let's go, Sátur." "Cipri?" "A minor incident --- apparently the teacher was cheesed off about something." "You're sure it he's a teacher?" "I'm sure." "This region is pretty quiet, not a lot of this stuff goes on." "It's the first time I've seen a fight in the street." "If you want we can just go back,... maybe this is enough for today." "Why don't you walk me to the river?" "Master, you'll see --- we'll rescue Margarita tonight." "Because I've been checking stories,... and if they left yesterday, they haven't gotten very far." "I'm sure we'll find her, because you always get what you want." "Besides, Estuarda gave me some hints of how to find the vermin's rendezvous." "It's here in the forest, where I've narrowed it down to." "Dad, Dad!" "Where's Aunt Margarita?" "Dad!" "Dad, where's Aunt Margarita?" "Son, well...in Tortosa, on a trip." "~ Yeah, right." "~ But what's going on?" "I don't know, it's you who ought to tell me, right?" "But I already told you yesterday, Alonso,... your aunt's with a friend of hers." "Yeah?" "And when will she be back?" "How should I know?" "When women get together, they're worse than Torquemada!" "Who knows when she'll get back!" "Lies!" "I saw you arguing with Juan, I heard everything!" "Alonso, son, look, there are some things which are difficult to explain." "Oh, really?" "Since you're a teacher, explain it to me." "Come on, explain it!" "I'm sorry, Master, I don't want to mess things up, but,... the kid is just old enough, he ought to know certain things about life." "Son, you have to trust me..." "I'm your dad, and I would never let anything bad happen to all of you." "In that case, why haven't you gone to look for her?" "~ At least I went to the slavers' market, and there..." "~ What?" "!" "You went to the slave market, on your own?" "!" "Yeah." "I tried to buy her with mom's pendant,... but she wasn't there." "Alonso, you've got to promise me you'll stay here... keep a low profile, don't do anything,... and I'll bring her back,..." "I guarantee it." "You expect me to convert into a fervent Christian?" "Not only will you gain the confidence of your fiancée,... but in addition you'll amaze your uncle-in-law." "Knowing you, I though that something much funnier may have come into your mind,... like giving me the keys to her room, for instance." "Watch out, Hernán, this girl is like a gazelle... if we scare her, we'll lose her forever." "~ Ma'am?" "~ Yes." "His Eminence the Cardinal awaits you." "What a coincidence!" "I was just talking about him...bring him here, and fetch Irene too,... ~ Tell her her uncle has come to see her." "~ Yes, ma'am." "From tomorrow, if your work permits,... you'll pray with her in his chapel." "If my work allows it." "Make sure that it is so, Hernán." "Your Eminence!" "Arriving at your palace always gives me such pleasure, my dear Marquesa,... you always make one feel at home." "~ How are you, commissioner?" "~ Your Eminence." "My niece?" "She's been informed, she should arrived soon." "Marquesa, can you give me a moment?" "Hernán, please, entertain the Cardinal." "Your Eminence, excuse me." "Your Eminence, will you join us this evening for dinner?" "This evening I have a very important meeting,..." "Have you thought about what I said?" "I'm evaluating the possibilities." "I'm sorry, your Eminence, Irene has gone for a lie-down --- apparently she wasn't feeling well." "Is she so ill that she couldn't come see her uncle?" "No, not at all, I'm sure she's had an exhausting day,... she gets up so early!" "I'll come for breakfast with her first thing tomorrow,... in whatever condition her health might be." "~ Commissioner?" "~ Your Eminence." "Irene has vanished,... they've seen her leaving with my idiot gardener." "The peasant?" "This lad is nothing but trouble." "I hope she comes back unharmed, or else you and your family will suffer the consequences." "Yes, ma'am." "If anything happens to Irene, I'm dead... no one can mess around with the Cardinal." "You ought to have wasted that rebel." "I'll send my men to look for her." "There's nothing here, what hints did Estuarda give you?" "I think we're getting close, Master... this matches the drawing." "Close, no --- we're already here." "We're here, even though you already know how poor a sense of direction women have." "All the same, they say to the left when they mean to the right." "and when they say up, they mean down." "Sátur, concentrate, which way do we go --- to the left, to the right?" "Which way?" "Sorry, Master, I think we're lost." "It's a carriage." "Quiet, quiet!" "Let's follow it." "The envoy of the emir wants to see you dance... so move your butts,... your life depends on it." "You're a lucky girl, it's your turn." "I won't dance." "You'll do what I command." "Freeze!" "Let them free or I kill him." "I'll kill, I swear I'll kill." "Easy, don't do anything stupid... we'll do whatever you command." "Put down your weapons, neither of us wants anyone to get hurt." "Run!" "Move, run!" "Don't kill her, the emir really likes women like this one... he'll tame her when the time comes." "What a right guess it was to follow that carriage, Master,... or else we wouldn't have found this even cutting down every tree in the forest." "So what's your plan now?" "Go in, grab the women, and leave." "Yeah, what you said... if you believe that Miss Margarita will be in there with them,... and you already know what those assholes did to Blanca... and maybe to Margarita." "Mind the horses." "Quiet, quiet!" "These bastards even have music, these vicious sons of... whores." "Master, if necessary, we just chop them... but I'm not sure I'm ready to handle what I think we'll be seeing." "A costume party?" "If you don't mind me saying so, the costume came out well!" "Is this the first time you've been here?" "I've helped out now and then." "Gentlemen?" "I don't see any girl anywhere." "I think we arrived too early, Master,... because this party seems too dull." "Relax, Sátur, we'll just wait." "If I could see someone's face,... maybe I'd even know him." "Rodrigo, what's this?" "Who are all these people?" "This is Cardinal Mendoza." "~ And this?" "~ The royal secretary." "As you can see --- important folks." "Where are the woman, where do you have them?" "I don't know --- no one knows... sometimes they attend, sometimes not." "I hope for your sake you're telling the truth." "Juan, relax, pretty please!" "Even the slightest foolishness, and we don't leave here alive." "Come." "The Cardinal left us very clear instructions,... that girl can't leave the palace... and even worse, she was accompanied." "What are your men doing, Hernán, are they useless?" "!" "All my men are looking for her --- if she's in town, they'll find her." "If she's in town?" "Tomorrow I have to face the future pope, and you tell me that!" "That's what I've got." "And if she was deflowered, then what?" "Then what do I tell him, Hernán?" "I'm dead!" "And don't think you'll come out unharmed from this matter... you'll fall with me!" "Sir." "Are you all right?" "Irene?" "Where have you been?" "What have you done to her?" "~ What?" "~ Never mind." "We've gone for a walk by the river." "Speak when you're spoken to, sit down." "Have you forgotten your manners in only one afternoon's time?" "Do you know what the penalty is for abducting a noble?" "Death by hanging." "I should flay you alive." "Have you touched her?" "~ I haven't done anything." "~ Shut up!" "Leave him to me, Lucrecia, he'll be softened up when we get him to the dungeon." "No, it's really all my fault!" "He had nothing to do with it, it was me who decided to leave!" "Get out of my sight." "We'll decide what do about you later." "Move it!" "Aunt, I'm sorry, I just wanted to take Irene..." "And you're already a man?" "Your mother, your sister, your whole family all depend on our day's wages to survive." "What were you thinking, Martín, tell me?" "!" "Don't even imagine doing anything like this again in your entire life,... never, you hear me?" "You're not alone in all this, your folks will have to pay for your actions." "Listen, Master, not a trace of any women..." "I think we're at the wrong party." "All right, we'll do things my way." "There are too many, even for you." "This could be very dangerous, Master." "She has Blanca's mark!" "What's all this mean, Rodrigo?" "But there's no white-skinned women!" "I already told you, no one knows what women they'll bring." "There has to be someone in charge of all this." "Forgive me, but,..." "I would like it, but..." "I'm here in disguise." "And your ring?" "My ring, what ring?" "The ring!" "The ring..." "I left it home." "With this damn weather, my hands swelled up, I wasn't able wear it... ~ You don't have your ring!" "~ Yes I have it, it's just home at the palace." "Who are you?" "Juan, let's move it!" "Where are the women you kidnapped?" "!" "Where, where have you taken them?" "!" "They're headed for Argel, boarding ship tomorrow." "Where?" "Where will they be loaded?" "!" "There's been a screwup!" "Let's go, run, here!" "~ Hurry!" "~ This way!" "Quickly!" "How did you get in here?" "Money buys cooperation, your Eminence... and your servants are no exception." "I believe you have information about my family, I'm Juan de Calatrava, and I'm going to ask you for a favor." "Go on." "My fiancée is one of the kidnapped women..." "I don't know if you're aware of what happened." "Yes, of course,... a terrible tragedy." "Very well." "I want you to help me find her." "I don't know what such a humble servant of the Lord such as I could do for you." "Spare me, your Eminence, you're more than that, much more." "God is everywhere, and so apparently are His servants... there's a church in every corner of this kingdom,... and you control an army." "I'll spread the word among the faithful, that's all I can do." "I understand you're raising money for a very important cause,... if you help me I'll put my fortune at your disposal." "Argel!" "...and where is Argel?" "That word is meaningless." "Castile, yes, since Castile comes from its castles, but Argel?" "There must be a..." "label on this package, Master." "Argel is Al Ya-sair... what the Arabs call the Island of Life." "Good, yes, that's it for sure... although I wonder if these women will have much of a life..." "Sátur, we have to find them before they reach the coast... if they cross the sea, they're gone forever." "Do you know something?" "Well, yes, Catalina, it seems it was a mistake." "Surely they mistakenly thought it was her, and now she's on the way to..." "Salamanca." "Salamanca?" "They've seen a caravan of slaves going that way --- it could be them!" "But that's very near by, you can reach there in a blink." "so she'll soon be home..." "Father, I'm going with you." "No, son, it's better if you stay here with Catalina." "Not only that, you heard Sátur, it won't be long before we're back home." "No way will I stay here waiting." "Father, I don't want to be left alone anymore." "And what if something happens to you all?" "Alonso, it's necessary for you to do what you're told this time." "Trust me, please." "I'll find her." "Gonzalo, I...have to give you this." "here's some savings that Inés and I had, but what with everything..." "I'm sure you'll put it to better use." "I can't, Cipri, but thank you for the offer." "I insist." "Thank you." "Good, come on, let's go." "Let's go, Salamanca may seem close by, but... maybe later." "Let's go, now." "~ The loaves?" "~ Here." "Commissioner!" "What else should I do?" "Wake him up,..." "I'm not done with him." "Your Eminence." "Margarita Hernando." "I want you to bring her back." "The sale has been made,... by tomorrow night the shipment'll be on its way to Argel." "You should get right on it,... you should leave at once." "Food, food!" "Turn that frown upside down... the emir's harem is the best destination... not everyone is lucky enough to travel to Argel." "The emir will use you once,... and then he'll give you to his servants,... or to his soldiers." "It's a job, no more, no less." "I won't get to see my mother!" "I won't ever get to see my mother again!" "Marta, hush." "What are you doing, Marta, what are you doing?" "Drop that!" "Spit it out!" "But what were you doing?" "Killing yourself?" "!" "I want to die, I want to die!" "Listen to me, Marta!" "We have to be strong." "The most important thing now is not to lose our spirit." "Is this the way you keep an eye on your goods?" "Set this woman free." "And who will pay me for her?" "Nobody." "Bring her back to town and leave her on the bridge of the Toledo Road at dusk." "If you value your life, make sure she's there." "Who is Margarita Hernando?" "Margarita Hernando, get up." "You're very lucky, you're headed home." "Juan,..." "I miss her, too,... but we have to count on my Dad." "He loves her as much as we do." "I know, Alonso, I know." "Alonso, my love,... you haven't shut your eyes all night, dearest,... see if you can get some sleep." "Why's Alonso here?" "He's going to stay with us for a few days... at least until his Dad comes back." "Comes back from where?" "Well, you see,... he's heard something about Margarita, at Salamanca, and..." "Juan, for God's sake, you're scaring me --- what does it say?" ""Your fiancée will be returned to you on the bridge of the Toledo Road at sunset."" "I knew I'd find her!" "What's this, who?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine, yeah." "Here, Master,..." "Give it to the horse first." "No, if you permit me, you go first... next me, and then the horse." "They're ready to drop, they need water." "And you too --- what do you want?" "To arrive as thirsty as a tuna?" "You've got to be strong, there's a lot of work still to do." "We have to go on toward the east... we're almost there... if Margarita arrives at the ship and heads for the open ocean,..." "I'll have lost her for good." "That won't happen, Master." "We won't allow her to board." "No." "Let's go, we still face a lot of road!" "I don't know why they don't come, they have to be here." "~ If they lied to me..." "~ To a noble of Spain, Juan?" "It's not worth the trouble to them, so take it easy." "for God's sake, she has to see us with smiles on our faces,... she's had troubles enough!" "That's her!" "Margarita!" "Margarita!" "~ Thank God!" "~ It's all over." "Marta!" "Where's Margarita?" "Juan, good God!" "Easy, dear, it's all over." "You're already safe, my daughter." "Did you come by yourself?" "Tomorrow is a very important day,..." "The Cardinal can't know anything about what has happened." "That boy, the peasant, he can gives us problems... he's brave and proud." "~ Too right." "~ He can't be bought or even reasoned with." "The only solution is to eliminate him." "~ You're wrong." "~ Where did you suddenly get all these scruples?" "If you kill him, you'll only ensure that Irene will remember him forever,... the first love you never forget." "You know this, right?" "Oh, Hernán, sometimes you get so heavy about the teacher!" "However, this is irrelevant,... if we should break poor Irene's heart,... then you'll be there to console her." "Tell Martín to prepare the fire in my rooms." "Quickly!" "Is it a must that you drag him into your bed?" "Totally." "Make sure that Irene notices what's happening." "Would you help me?" "It's my favorite." "Hernán, it's just business." "Open the eyes of your future spouse,... she needs it." "Those boxes have vents." "Easy, girls, we're going to release you." "Master, they're still alive!" "What's this?" "Easy, Master, easy, we'll surely find them." "No, Sátur, I've lost her..." "I've lost her forever." "Look, Master!" "Look there!" "To Argel?" "They sold us to a very important man,... to be his harem." "Then they asked for Margarita,..." "I was very scared." "She told me to pretend to be her,..." "I'm sorry!" "Come on, my dear, relax..." "Come rest a bit, come on... and get cleaned up before your mother sees you." "Excuse me, ma'am, I'll come back when you're ready." "Come in, I need your help." "Shut the door." "Put it at the base of the fire." "Help me remove this bodice, I'm drowning." "I don't know why your aunt isn't here,... she's digging her own tomb, and your family's one as well." "Do it!" "What a surprise!" "You already have the technique." "Done." "Thanks." "Throw on some more firewood." "~ If you want, I can come back when you're finished." "~ Now." "Throw on more firewood, I want a good blaze." "Yes, ma'am." "Your aunt has spent a lot of time in my service,... and I don't want to lose her." "Ma'am, my aunt never had anything to do with any of this." "Don't interrupt me!" "Speak when you're spoken to and do what I tell you." "Listen well, Martín, one more stupidity... and your aunt gets sent to the streets and you to the galleys." "The fire's ready." "No, it's not ready." "I'll tell you when it's ready." "Where are you going?" "To Argel." "Juan, for God's sake, don't talk nonsense!" "I'm going to turn over every stone looking for her,... and even if it's the last thing I do in this life,..." "I'm bringing her home." "Can you hear yourself?" "Juan, my God, you're talking rubbish!" "How far do you expect to get by yourself?" "If the nobles there are like the ones here, we're screwed!" "What do you think, that they going forfeit their possessions so easily?" "You know that won't happen!" "I'll raise an army, my people support me, even my peasants will come along." "Really?" "How many people will have to die --- including you --- because of this foolishness?" "Juan, for God's sake, don't blind yourself... think things though, before embarking on a war." "We've already had enough of all that." "Why are you sneaking around --- looking for somebody?" "Are you following me?" "No one told me to do it,... but should I do it?" "You haven't answered my question." "I only wanted an orange, I was just leaving." "Come on." "Sit down, we have to talk --- it's important." "Irene, I want you to know that if I'm implicated in this,... it's because of the sincere affection I have for your uncle... and because I don't want you to suffer,... a woman like you doesn't deserve it." "But I have no reason to suffer,..." "Martín is a good person." "we only went for a walk together, nothing more." "Is that wrong?" "There are things which aren't taught in a convent." "This guy, the only thing he's looking for is to escape from his shitty life,... nothing more --- I know these sort of people." "Don't get too close to him, Irene,..." "It's not a good idea." "I want to show you --- come with me." "Trust me." "Let's go." "Stop!" "Nobody will come here for us?" "Whoever opens her mouth, I kill." "You got that?" "I'm a hard case with the oars." "I've got arms like..." "My lady Marquesa, if you need nothing else..." "I'd like to leave." "Hang on a minute, please." "What does the lady desire?" "Tell me if I have a splinter,... there's something hurting me." "Ma'am, I've got lots of work to do." "Don't be stubborn and impertinent." "Do it." "I don't understand why we're here." "You soon will." "Caress me." "~ It tickles." "~ Martín." "I like it a lot." "I don't want to see any more." "That's enough." "I'm sorry." "I really am sorry." "Thank you, commissioner." "Hernán,..." "Call me Hernán." "How good that we found you here." "I've become a bit disoriented, you see?" "With all this water...well, you see..." "Do you know the way to Rabbit Town?" "I've been told it's nearby, and... please put down all the weapons, I'm getting sea-sick." "All right, I'll keep looking." "Catch a good fish..." "Let's turn the other way." "There's five of them, Master!" "They're all yours." "Master!" "Down, Master!" "Move, move!" "Drown!" "Get going!" "Margarita!" "What are you doing here?" "I've spent an eternity waiting here in my room." "I was afraid to interrupt, I saw you so immersed on your acting that I didn't want to be the one who ruined your première." "Irene?" "Did she succumb to your wiles?" "Up to the bone marrow --- congratulations." "You too." "And the boy, did he meet your expectations?" "It was my gardener, Hernán,... do you think I'd fall for him?" "You never examine the status of anyone with whom you share your charms." "That bad blood, how did you come by it, I wonder?" "From your Dad or your Mom?" "I guess from him." "But I can't be sure since I never met him." "From her I inherited my courage." "and her bitterness." "They assassinated her when I was just a kid." "I never could master my emotions." "The day they killed her, they dragged away my brother...." "I had a little brother..." "I never heard another whisper about him... except they told me he died." "Bad blood you don't inherit... you collect it throughout your life." "You've never really talked about your family." "I don't know anything about you, Hernán." "You never asked me anything about it." "I don't understand why not, Master." "If I could have a costume like this one, which could hide me completely..." "I could have accompanied you and the women, and not from two leagues away." "Sátur, you did fine work as the rear guard." "Excuse me?" "On top of that, Margarita can't see you." "That's what I'm saying!" "You should have let me make a costume." "A suit with a cape, and some mascara... and instead of an eagle feather, a bat feather." "You dressed in a red one and me dressed in black." "~ Kind of a batman?" "~ Yeah, Batman." "Well, why not?" "A bat accompanied us for the whole journey, right?" "Up to the doors of the villa, Sátur." "But Margarita's already there, Sátur, already there!" "What are you doing?" "Hands off!" "Hands off, man, hands off!" "and change that face!" "Let's assume we don't find her here... but rather in Salamanca, where we can only find drunks and cathedrals." "That seems good to you?" "It seems to me that your face shows nothing more than acute constipation... but just do your best, Master!" "Just do your best." "Go ahead!" "Me, I'll try again!" "We'll leave at dawn,... from here, as soon as you get your men arranged." "I'll trust you with the food --- it'll be a long trip." "Juan, for God's sake, think it through." "Enough's enough, Catalina, I beg you." "Gonzalo, you know something?" "No." "Stop this nonsense, for God's sake, stop it!" "Juan..." "By the holy virgin!" "It's a miracle!" "Aunt Margarita!" "Aunt Margarita, you came back, you're here!" "I'm here." "I'm here." "What are you doing there?" "Staring at you --- I don't want to lose you again." "It wasn't your fault, Juan." "I'll never bother you again about the theme of the wedding." "It's all over, no more date problems, no family, nothing." "It's all the same for me whether or not we get married." "I only want to be at your side." "What do you think of the Feast of San Isidro?" "The wedding, I mean." "It's a good day, right?" "You're sure?" "Hey, Father, and you in Salamanca!" "All the better that the Red Eagle knew where they were and found them... because as a teacher you're not bad, but as a hero..." "You're right... as a hero I wouldn't have succeeded." "Neither as a hero, nor as many other professions." "You have any plans for San Isidro's?" "Because I propose one: we're going to a wedding." "I've just heard it from your sister-in-law... and from the little doctor, if you need more clues." "Then she'll get married on San Isidro's?" "Yeah, son, indeed." "Run, go congratulate your aunt." "Hurry, if you're the first, maybe they'll give you a sweet." "Run, Alonso, run!" "What's with you?" "You just sit there, unmoved, don't you want to say something?" "~ They've got things pretty clear, right?" "~ Well, yeah." "I've got nothing to say." "As for me, San Isidro seems just fine." "For sure, we have to go back to the Finger of God tonight." "What --- go back to the Finger...?" "Master, with all respect,..." "I'm so hurt by the horse... that every time I dismount, the aqueduct of Segovia fits between my legs." "You'll soon get used to it." "No, not to mention the other thing,... my thing, with all these hard journeys, I don't heal..." "Look, I've got my ass and what isn't my ass is indistinguishable." "Mercy, I'm skinned, and skinned alive." "He vanished!" "Now, what ointment should I apply?" "If I go on this way it's going to contract gangrene, from the tip of the top!" "Let's say goodbye to the legend of Saturno García!" "the three-legged man of Castile." "Horse fat..." "Okay, I'll treat it with this... and let's gallop." "Gallop!" "I want you to assign your best men,... they'll have to find something very important:... they'll have to find a medallion just like this one." "You want me to assign my best men to hunt for this medallion?" "Who are these guys, now?" "I'm afraid that this medallion is much more important than you think." "But why are both the Red Eagle and the Cardinal looking for it?" "You haven't heard the talk about the Exterminating Angel?" "Smallpox!" "You thinking what I'm thinking?" "Are you okay, madam Marquesa?" "She's pregnant." "Where is Estuarda?" "Have you seen Estuarda?" "You have to help me get rid of the child." "I'm taking my son --- I don't want him to be close to your infected son." "Gabi, maybe your mother could wipe your tears." "Of course not, since your whore of a mother is off infecting someone." "I'll kill you!" "We were looking in the wrong place,... this pit is also under the Finger of God." "I don't like maids who get pregnant by infant nobles." "I'll wait for you in the woods at eight o'clock." "No one insults my friend's mother --- no one!"