"A Red Eagle --- why?" "Because it will take you back to your origins." "Who is my real family?" "I want answers." "What a piece of jewelry!" "Whoever joins the two parts can join them together and find what's hidden inside." "Gonzalo, they've kidnapped Margarita." "Sátur, I can't go back without her, I can't lose her!" "What a wreck of a convent!" "¤ When the clouds hide the sun..." "¤ and the way defeats your feet..." "¤ if the wind in your face burns your skin,..." "¤ always remember that I'm waiting for you. ¤" "She sings like Mom." "My name is Juan de Calatrava, Duke of Velasco y Fonseca,... noble of Spain, lord and master of this estate." "Irene is the niece of Cardinal Mendoza,... do you know how much power a man would have at her side?" "Justice to the people!" "Well, your father and your aunt, they're going to get married." "Actually not, Sátur, the marriage is with Juan." "I have to find information about my brother." "I need to know why someone is so determined that we don't find even a trace of him." "Get out of here!" "Shut up!" "Master!" "Margarita!" "It's a miracle." "My father and my aunt,... they were going to get married?" "Can you ever restore the feelings of your first love?" "The first love is never forgotten,... never forgotten." "I thought you weren't real." "We'll get out of this mess, I promise you." "Your Eminence, I seek the hand of your niece Irene." "Estuarda and Gabi have left town." "But I have another war, that of my son and his mother against hunger and humiliation." "~ Are you jealous?" "~ To be jealous I'd have to love you." "Before signing your permission, I have to get to know your fiancée." "When the noble see you, they'll fall on their ass!" "I'm going to say what I've meant to say for years." "~ Martín, what have we done?" "~ Nothing evil, Irene." "I love you." "You'll go to war." "Order that my brother be released immediately, Commissioner." "I don't yield to blackmail." ""First heat of the town's donkey races."" "Francisco Pulido is competing,... the town's champion,... with him in, no one else is going to win." "Why have you saved my life?" "That's Juan's outfit." "But since we're here, maybe there's going to be an exchange." "They're going to kill us!" "The Kingdom of Spain does not submit to any kind of blackmail." "I regret nothing and assume my disgrace." "For you it's shame, for my nephew it's a hanging." "This is my last chance to have a family." "How long since you've seen Alonso?" "Since last night." "Are you thinking the same thing I am?" "I feel pity for you, that's why I'm ready to help you." ""Be at the north wall of town at five PM,..." ""escape with me, I'll wait for you."" "It's finished, over." "I had a woman, but I lost her." "I'm so sorry." "~ Is someone waiting for you?" "~ My fiancée." "I made a promise that I can't fulfill." "~ What?" "~ To return." "If you don't want to know who you are, it's your business,..." "But I really have to know." "I need to have a mission, I need to grasp something to feel alive, do you hear me?" "No, don't shoot!" "I didn't do anything!" "What are they going to do with us, Sátur?" "Son of a whore, I hate you!" "Mother..." "Shoot." "There's no time, Gonzalo, who's going to save them?" "Not against the wall, we haven't done anything!" "I can't marry the Commissioner, Uncle, I don't love him." "Ready your weapons..." "No, they're civilians!" "Aim!" "No!" "Alonso, let's go!" "We know he has a birthmark on his head." "From now on your name is Irene." "Margarita, I've changed, I've missed you so much." "I declare you man and wife." "Eh!" "No, wait!" "Wait, wait!" "Look!" "~ Wait!" "~ Let me go!" "~ Settle down!" "~ No, no!" "~ Let me go!" "~ I'm not going to let you surrender to the river." "~ No, please!" "~ Quiet, quiet!" "Why did you do this?" "Well, because there can be nothing quite so bad as to justify wanting to commit suicide." "You know nothing about me!" "Today I married someone who I don't love,... with the town's Commissioner." "Estuarda said she was going to the Americas... but have you seen her board a ship?" "Do you know for sure that she left?" "Alonso, someday you'll learn that when a woman says she's going to do something, she does it." "Even if she has to get there swimming." "Or maybe not, Sátur, maybe she changed her mind at the last minute,... and even now she's on her way back to you." "~ Saturno García?" "~ At your service." "A woman gave me something for you at the port of Cádiz." "Estuarda...!" "Come in." "~ Thanks very much." "~ Go with God." "What did she write?" "She's coming back, right?" "A letter came from Estuarda." ""Thanks for everything you've done for me, Sátur." ""I'm writing you from the ship." ""We're sailing in an hour." ""I'll always bear you in my heart." "Estuarda."" "I'm sorry, Sátur." "What a disaster --- the only woman I love is crossing the ocean, and here I am... stuck in the middle of a plateau." "This time I've lost her for keeps, Master." "It might seem foolish, but you could take the next boat." "Now we know they're there." "You just have to look for them." "Well, you see, Alonso, America isn't a town." "Hang on, hang on." "What the kid says isn't all that farfetched." "Even if I arrive a few days later...how big are the Americas?" "Huge, Sátur." "~ How big?" "~ A lot." "Maybe more than 4,000,000 times bigger than town." "~ 4,000,000?" "~ Yes, and besides that, commercial vessels only sail twice a year." "Most usually, the next sailing won't be for another six months." "~ Six months?" "~ That's right." "Well, by the time I find them, my Gabi will have turned into an Indian." "If I ever crossed their path, that is." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry, Sátur." "Saint Telmo." "Surely the sailor who brought the letter dropped it." "Yes, he's the patron saint of sailors." "He protects them in heavy seas." "Thank you for your help, your Majesty." "As soon as the expedition makes landfall, I'll send a report to you, and to the Council on the Indies." "Don't dare disappoint me , Admiral." "I hope I haven't granted an extraordinary favor in vain." "Your Majesty." "Don Juan de Calatrava, Duke of Velasco y Fonseca." "Your Majesty." "Approach." "I sent you to the front because I was aware of your brilliant military career." "However, your company was captured by a very unfortunate flanking move." "I'm sorry, your Majesty." "I've had to send an entire army to set you free... and in the rescue many men fell,... only because you allowed yourselves to be captured." "I know, and if... and if there's anything I can do to square things, your Majesty, you know..." "I'll do whatever I can." "The problem of Portugal remains open." "I'll go back to the front, if you wish." "No." "You have my blessing to marry your fiancée." "Margarita is her name, is it not?" "Yes, your Majesty." "Another Margarita in the family." "I hope I'll be invited to the event." "Of course, your Majesty." "You may leave us,..." "I have important matters to address." "A soldier of your company's been looking for you." "He said he had to see you urgently." "~ What's his name?" "~ Víctor Navas." "He's waiting in one of the waiting rooms." "Come on, leave those dishes here, and keep on collecting." "Everything." "The crockery, the cutlery, let's get everything impeccable." "Let's go, march!" "Catalina, what will happen when what has to happen happens?" "I don't know, Marta, I don't know." "Well, if anything, I've given good wine to the Commissioner... to see whether alcohol could make him think he's puncturing what's already punctured." "Miss Irene!" "Miss!" "Oh my, you haven't fallen into the pond?" "Haven't I said a thousand times that pond needs cleaning?" "It's very slippery with moss." "Has he been asking for me?" "Marta, go fetch some dry clothing." "I went to the lake, but... the teacher saved me." "But, you poor thing, how did you dare do such thing?" "~ Irene..." "~ Martín, please, don't make it worse... the wedding has already happened!" "Irene, I didn't see the note, I arrived late, but you were gone." "I'm sorry, Irene, really." "Oh, let it be!" "Irene, please, you have to believe me." "It's finished, Martín, it's over." "Now I'm a married woman." "Come on, Sátur, six months sounds like a lot,... but think that maybe they get settled next to the port." "Gabi is too drifty to walk far." "Right." "Right, then." "I know that if it weren't for me, if I hadn't forced you to go rescue Juan,... well, you'd be with them right now." "Well, then --- the worst is that it didn't serve any useful purpose,... and but for the Red Eagle,..." "Look, Alonso, sometimes one does not know whether one's working out things right or wrong,... but when it's God's will for them to work out right, then they work out right." "And if not, just the same, they would have never work out right." "So quit worrying and head off to school." "I'm going to see if I can find that sailor to give him this." "Off you go." "Alonso, what are you doing here?" "Get yourself to school!" "Move!" "Sorry." "I'm looking for the sailor who lost this." "A guy..." "We've succeeded." "The king has given us permission and financing for a special expedition to the Americas." "We're going to explore the Amazon." "~ Great!" "~ Three cheers for the Admiral!" "When do you expect to ship out, Admiral?" "As soon as 'El Concepción' should happen to be ready." "We will demonstrate that it is possible to navigate the Amazon from the coast all the way to the South Seas." "Excuse me, did you want something?" "No, no thanks." "You see, I..." "I want to sign on as a sailor headed for the Americas... with the expedition to leave for the Amazon." "I know knots, I know raising sails, I know rowing, I know fish,..." "I'll know where the currents go,... and even I know how to climb to the top of the mast." "Have you been to the Americas before?" "No." "But I've been on several voyages,... and as you know, when you go to sea, it's the same to go to Guadalquivir as to circle the globe." "Can you swim?" "With all due respect, sir, on the high seas, it's better not to... so the agony won't last as long." "All us accomplished seamen know this." "Let me board." "Write it down, please." "I don't care about the pay." "Saturno García, please." "Come along at the end of the afternoon." "What, I'm going to the Americas?" "For the nonce, just to Cádiz, where you'll join the rest of the ship's company." "You have no idea what this means for me." "Long live the king!" "Víctor, I've been talking with the king,... and he told me I don't have to go back to the front." "Do you know what that means?" "It means that at last I can marry Margarita." "~ Have you got to know her?" "~ Yes." "Well, all this I owe to you." "If you hadn't saved my life, I wouldn't be here now." "You know what I'm going to do?" "I'm going to intercede so you don't have to go back to the front." "Captain, you can't marry Margarita." "Oh...why not?" "She's not the woman for you." "Who do you think you are to judge my woman?" "Her husband." "Ma'am, have you already decided what clothing you want to wear?" "The black will be fine." "The black, for a wedding day?" "~ Is something wrong?" "~ No, ma'am." "I'll get it at once." "Retire." "Congratulations, it's a fact." "You're a married man." "Easy, I haven't forgotten our agreement." "As soon as the servants pack up Irene's stuff, we'll leave,... and you'll never see me around here again." "It's curious... when I met you fifteen years ago I thought this would be only a flirt." "I guess I was the only one who thought it might have been something more." "Well, you can see that it is not." "I never imagined after so long that I would be so little affected." "I'll make sure your servants finish their tasks as soon as possible." "How lucky to find you both together." "I have something to tell you." "What is it?" "I've been reflecting during the reception,... and I've come to a conclusion:..." "Madam Marquesa, I want you to host the Commissioner and my niece in your palace for a while." "Your Eminence, if you'll permit me,... a newly-married couple should begin their new married life in privacy." "I can provide my wife a home suited to her station." "And where do you think you're taking her, Commissioner?" "To that foul lodging you call home?" "Just who do you think you've married?" "When you've acquired a residence suited to your own new position,... you'll move there." "With regard to you, Marquesa,... you'll have to teach her." "My niece has spent her whole life in a convent,... but now she's a married woman,... she needs certain revelations about the duties of marriage... and I can't explain it to her." "It will be an honor, as always." "You're a faithful servant." "Commissioner." "Your Eminence." "Great." "It seems that the removal of your wife is going to be put off for a while." "...and there were sailors... and I also saw drawing of boats and some strange people who live in the Indies." "When I grow up I want to be a conquistador, and to discover something." "But to achieve that, first you have to study." "and to get familiar with the sea." "But how can I become familiar with the sea if I've never seen it?" "Many of the great conquerors were men from the interior,... and they'd never seen the sea before, either." "Like Orellana, Hernán Cortés, Pizarro,... and those three were all born at Extremadura." "Go on --- a short break, you can go play." "Master,..." "Today is a great day." "This marks the 'before' and the 'after' in the life of Saturno García." "~ How so?" "~ I've achieved it, Master." "I've got it made." "I'm going to the Americas with an expedition which will explore the Amazon." "and as a sailor, no less." "Let's see, Sátur." "Do you know how dangerous this is?" "Sátur, of all who sail, hardly any will return." "Man, nobody?" "I went to Verona, and now I'm here." "Five ships sailed with Magellan, and only one returned home,... and of the 300 men who boarded, only 18 survived." "But Magellan's crew had circled the globe." "Given the length of time on the trip, it doesn't surprise me that several men died on the way." "On Gamboa's expedition, for example,... during the trip, some 350 men died." "Stop confusing me with the facts!" "I've already signed up!" "And if I survived once, I can survive again, I say!" "Sátur, having been to Verona is nothing compared to this." "To go on an expedition is to suffer many days and nights with nothing to eat or drink,... to cross storms, to suffer accidents, to endure scurvy, and a thousand other things." "Master, sailing in a boat is the only way I have to find Gabi and Estuarda,... and if in order to do that I have to get scurvy, then so be it." "What's scurvy?" "A sickness that causes your teeth to fall out." "What?" " Well, anyway!" "If I have to arrive in America with just one tooth, then that's how it'll be." "If I don't try, I won't find them." "I will say that in the time left to me before I go, I'd like to spend some time at the bookseller,... let's see if he can tell us something about that escutcheon." "I can't leave town without knowing who you are." "Where's that place Gamboa?" "Margarita." "Víctor." "I know I'm your wife in the eyes of God and the law,... and I know that this means I belong to you,... but I don't think I'll ever go back to you, Víctor." "If that's what you want, kill me." "because that's the only way you'll have me at your side." "Kill me." "I know I wasn't a good husband to you." "I didn't know how to treat you as you deserve,... but I've changed, I've repented day and night, and now I'm a different person." "Allow me to prove it to you." "I don't want to go with you, Víctor." "Never." "I understand you can't forgive me now,... but you're my wife,... and I'm not minded to renounce you." "What are you going to do?" "I'm going to stay here in town, I'm going to find decent work,..." "I'm going to show you it's worthwhile being with me." "You just don't get it." "Once you were in love with me." "Víctor, I love Juan." "yet he still doesn't know..." "He knows already." "A crown of gold, four flowers,... four bouquets, the pearls,..." "This is the escutcheon of a House of Marquises,... but I'm afraid that it doesn't relate to the kingdom of Spain." "Hang on a moment." "A House of Marquises,... relates to a marquis?" "You're also a marquis?" "Yes, yes...it's a French coat of arms." "But it's going to be very difficult to find a book on French heraldry here in town." "You'll have to look at private libraries,... or if not, you'll have to travel to France." "Oh!" "...to go to France would be a bit out of our way." "There wouldn't be such a book closer by here?" "No, no, the one and only official book was lost many years ago,... in an accident while they were transporting, to be precise, the funds of the official registry." "And where was that accident?" "That was in a ravine on the road to Villanueva." "The cart carrying it fell over a precipice, but, we could see... it was inaccessible." "~ Thank you." "~ Thank you." "Let's go, Sátur." "Now?" "After that guy called it "inaccessible"?" "He said the right word: "inaccessible"." "You don't have access!" "The fact is that the coachman got to see the Holy Virgin,... now, that guy is stuck in Heaven, Master... because during that long fall to the bottom, he had plenty of time to repent of his sins." "As for me, if you don't mind, Master, I'm going to head off --- you know heights and I don't get along..." "No...if God left my head close to the ground, it would be for a good reason, I say." "Is something going on?" "I'm getting hints about something." "This is going to be our last mission together, Master." "Do you know what I'm saying?" "I'm very grateful because I've learned so much from you." "Those kicks you deliver to knock out anyone,... or those Chinese remedies, which cure everything from diarrhea to lovesickness..." "It's me who has to be grateful." "No, Master, no." "Remember that you saved me from certain death." "You opened the doors to your house, gave me a family,... and most important: you trusted me." "In me." "And I've reciprocated as best I know how." "I used to made up a costume as easy as fixing a stew with a single potato and the legs of a hen." "You've been a boon companion, Sátur." "The best." "Have you thought about finding a substitute for me?" "There's no one who could replace you." "No one." "And now that I've got to go..." "I'd like to ask you a question,... which has been going around in my head ever since I met you." "Whatever you want, Sátur, but you know all my secrets." "Well, not all, not exactly." "Tell me." "From where do you get all the red feathers?" "You get so many of them, Master, enough to make the heavens sing God's glory." "You're laughing?" "You're not going to tell me, are you?" "What a bird!" "Let's go, no human being could descend this." "What are you doing, Master?" "We're not going yet, Sátur." "What are you doing, Master?" "Have you lost your mind?" "Why, oh God, it's true they call you Eagle!" "But you can't fly." "How dizzying!" "I'm going to barf, for God's sake." "I can't watch this." "Here are the bed linens you asked for for the wedding night." "They're for the first time." "Sure, since they're from the Marquesa's dowry,... and she hasn't used them on a wedding night." "Here is where...?" "Stop it!" "Bring me a needle and thread..." "I have to apply a few stitches here, may it make it difficult for his thing to get in." "How grotesque!" "You, too?" "Unbelievable!" "?" "What are you doing here, torturing yourself?" "This is morbid!" "I've been ordered to bring more firewood." "Ma'am, everything's ready in the bridal suite." "~ Very well." "~ What nightshirt are you putting out?" "It's all the same to me, Catalina, you choose." "You want me to choose?" "Well, I don't know, ma'am, this seems less revealing, don't you think?" "Good evening." "Your uncle has entrusted me, since you haven't got a mother, to discuss some matters with you." "Do you have any questions about what's going to happen tonight?" "No." "Catalina, each day you're more clumsy." "Yes, ma'am, forgive me." "Ma'am, if you have no more orders, I'll retire." "Actually, there's not too much to learn." "You just have to lie on the bed and wait for your husband to fall on top of you." "Catalina, help her." "Miss." "Ma'am, with your permission, I'll go get some more salt." "Very well." "It's important that you be relaxed." "And shut your eyes." "I took a big risk so you could flee with that gardener." "I just want to know you're not fooling me." "Don't look at me like that, it hasn't been so hard." "It was much more painful than what you'll get tonight from your husband." "Good luck, my dear." "Thank God, Master, that I was there to pull you up." "Otherwise, can you tell me who would have pulled the rope." "Thank you, Sátur." "Well, yes...it was hard, but we got the book." "Yes." "Am I going to go without knowing who your family is?" "Now, of course, once I've settled down in the Americas,... you can tell me who and what your mystery is." "I hope you find out soon." "I have something for you." "For me?" "Thanks very much." "Now, I would have preferred a full costume." "But you need it more than I do." "And that pot?" "Alonso!" "Dad, I was heating up the soup." "And that?" "Who's leaving?" "Alonso,..." "You know where it is..., come on, you know about the Amazon River?" "Sure --- it's in the Americas." "Very good, yes." "What's going on?" "Well, nothing...there's going to be an expedition,... to explore it, you see... and..." "I'm going with them." "What?" "But how can you go with them?" "Alonso, this is the only chance Sátur has to... get to America and find Gabi and Estuarda." "But when are you leaving?" "Well, tonight we're heading for Cádiz." "Already!" "You get it, right, Alonso?" "Find them, and be careful, all right?" "Neither ocean nor jungle can jerk Sátur around." "Those cannibals of the Amazon better start getting ready, because... with the hunger you get at sea,... it may be me who eats them." "What's going on?" "Sátur --- he's going to search for Gabi and Estuarda in America." "Sátur...?" "We're really going to miss you." "Careful with that pot!" "Let me see." "Are you all right?" "Leave off, the expedition members are waiting for me." "Good, let's get on with things!" "Let's not be sad over Sátur, who's going to be fine in the Americas." "Here you are, Doctor, I have to go out for a moment, but I won't be back late." "Will you invite me for a drink, Captain?" "What do you want?" "It's better that we talk." "Leave me alone." "You and I are going to settle this here and now." "Leave that." "Juan, what are you doing?" "Leave me alone!" "What's happening?" "His name's Víctor --- Margarita's husband." "Fix your mark here." "Go on." "Saturno García, seaman." "García, Saturno." "Fix your mark here." "Where?" "You're not right handed, right?" "Is something wrong with your other hand?" "No, no, it's nothing." "Would you please show it to me?" "The cloth, please." "I'm sorry, but I can't let you embark." "~ But this...this burn is nothing, it'll be right as rain tomorrow." "~ Move along." "Please, I have to board that ship." "~ Beat it." "~ Let me go on that ship, it's urgent." "Beat it." "Go away!" "Fix your mark here." "Sátur, Sátur!" "Cipriano, what are you doing here?" "Nothing, but..." "I'd heard you were leaving, and..." "I...well...take this for the trip." "There will be no trip at all." "Why won't there be a trip?" "Well, you see, I hurt my hand, and they won't let my sign on." "When are the prisoners leaving on the galleys?" "Tonight they're taking them out of the prison to Cádiz." "Good, we're leaving in two days." "You hear that?" "They're hiring even prisoners." "It's clear that on galleys they're going to sweat blood." "That's right." "Can I come in?" "Sure, this is our room." "The ceremony went well." "Yes, and the reception, the reception, too." "Are you tired?" "~ A bit." "~ Go ahead, lie down for a while." "It's been a long day for everyone." "Excuse me, Irene, I have to leave." "Your father's already here." "Margarita, we have to staunch the bleeding." "What happened, who did this, Víctor?" "Was it a Portuguese?" "Alonso, go to my room." "We'll let this guy lie down in yours." "It's nothing." "If Juan had wanted to kill me, I'd already be dead." "Juan did this to you?" "Why did Juan attack this soldier, Dad?" "Alonso, go to my room, please." "We need to clean the wound." "Yes." "Apply pressure with this." "Did you know your husband was here?" "Yes." "Why didn't you mention it to me?" "~ What for?" "~ So I could help you." "Yeah --- and how could you help me?" "Don't you get it?" "Everything that happens... with you is important." "I need something to drink." "Yeah." "I think you should go back to your wife." "Why did Juan attack this soldier?" "I don't know." "And Aunt Margarita, how does she know him?" "Hey, enough with the questions." "Go to sleep." "What are you hiding from me, Dad?" "Nothing." "Give me a break, I know when you lie to me." "Well, let's see...you know that Margarita was married, right?" "And...this soldier is my Aunt's husband?" "But I thought he was dead." "So did Aunt Margarita." "I thought he'd been killed in the war." "Then she can't marry Juan?" "No." "Is he going to take her away?" "I don't know, Son --- I have no idea." "What's going to happen now?" "Now?" "We're going to go to sleep." "Come on." "Come here." "Are you shivering?" "Yeah, it's pretty cold." "I tried to close the window, but it's broken." "I'll fix it first thing tomorrow." "This was some day, huh?" "Well, at least Sátur got something right for once." "I hope so, Son." "I hope so." "Where could be the cart be with the prisoners?" "If they were headed for Cádiz, they'd have to pass through here, that's for sure." "You know about the vermin being taken to the Americas?" "They don't take chicken rustlers, they take murderers, Sátur." "If you don't watch your back, you'll get your throat cut on that ship." "You want to go open up that inn for once?" "You'll wear out the night singing just one song!" "Listen to me, Cipriano, because it seems to me you don't understand:..." "I'm going to the Americas come what may." "And I don't move from here until the cart comes by." "Then I don't move either." "What you want to do is a suicide, I can't let you do it." "Here's the cart!" "Sátur, wait!" "Sátur, Sátur!" "Let me go, Cipri." "Sátur!" "Cipri!" "No, no!" "Don't shoot, please!" "It's..." "I fell from the cart." "Get back on, move it!" "You, too, go on." "No, not him, he just came by to say goodbye." "Yes..." "I..." "listen..." "I..." "Get up there." "Six." "Six in the morning, and I spent the whole night staring at the door." "Don't worry, Catalina, if the Commissioner had discovered that Irene was a former virgin,... they would have already arrested him." "Maybe he didn't notice a thing." "He didn't catch on?" "The Commissioner will be what he is, but he's not a hairless dunce." "Woman, why not just let it be for a while?" "I'd rather wait for Juan." "I want to know how he is." "Well, how's it going to be?" "Martín, my boy, were you able to sleep at least a little bit?" "~ Hi." "~ Hi." "~ I'll make you a hot snack." "~ I'm not hungry, Aunt." "Juan...!" "Juan, how are you?" "I spent the whole night yearning for you." "I'm fine..." "Good, we'll dress up, we're off to the palace, right?" "Let's go, Martín." "I'm so sorry, Juan, I'm so very sorry." "Don't apologize, it's not your fault." "But I love you, Juan." "No, no, no..." "I beg you, Margarita, I beg you." "You know I've done everything I can to be with you." "Yes, of course." "I've confronted my parents, I've confronted the nobility,..." "I've got permission from the king,..." "I've gone to war and come back alive,... just so I can marry you." "But I can't stand it anymore, I can't stay here." "Please!" "Please!" "No, look, give this to Víctor, and tell him to put it on the wound." "Juan, please!" "Give it to him!" "~ Juan..." "~ Give it to him." "I don't want to end up in the galleys, Sátur, I don't want to end up there." "Well, you should have thought of that before --- if you're here it's your own fault." "Well, who ordered you to try to restrain me, boy?" "I've never rowed in my life, what am I going to do on the galleys?" "And in the Americas?" "For the sake of your sperm, why do you complain to me?" "Some time you're going to have to be responsible for what you do." "Why have we stopped?" "Let's go, everybody down." "But we just got up...?" "Get down why?" "We should get to Cádiz, with the rest of the expedition, not be here!" "Down, I say, move it!" "But why put us in a row --- what for?" "This is how it is, Cipri, can you just do it without questioning everything?" "Kill the sick ones." "Let's go, we're going inside." "Catalina, where's the gardener?" "He hasn't arrived yet, Commissioner, he's collecting firewood." "When he shows up tell him I want to see him." "To tell him it's the last time he should bring damp firewood." "It was impossible to get a fire lit last night." "Was it so cold in your room that you needed extra heat?" "It's lovely how you care that everything works well in your guests' suites." "If you're going to spend some time in my palace, it's normal for me to worry." "I don't want anything to disturb the happiness of a pair of lovers." "If you'll excuse me, it's time for me to pray." "Miss, Miss Irene, with all my respects,..." "I know it's not my business, but has something happened?" "Did something keep him from knowing?" "The Commissioner left the room and didn't reappear all night." "So, nothing happened, so tonight we've got the same problem." "Oh, God, what agony!" "~ Nuño, good morning." "~ Good morning." "Good morning." "Good morning, Nuño." "Are you going for a ride?" "~ Yes, I'm perfectly fine." "~ I don't think that's a good idea, it's still too soon." "~ Who says?" "~ I say --- your mother!" "Go change." "~ Catalina, harness my horse." "~ Nuño, your heard your mother." "Give me the whip." "I told you to give me the whip, Nuño." "Nuño, give me the whip." "But who do you think you are to go ordering me around?" "Nuño, give it to me." "If you're looking for money, there's none here." "I wasn't here to steal." "Víctor, we've known each other a long time." "I was looking for a clean cloth to tend to this wound." "~ I'm sorry." "~ Never mind." "Take this, Juan gave it to me to apply to the wound." "~ How is he?" "~ That's fine." "~ Very well." "Like everybody, since you arrived." "I'm going to find a place to stay." "I'm going to an inn." "Thanks." "I'd do it for anyone." "~ Hello." "~ Hello." "I'm all set." "I'm going to the palace." "~ See you later." "~ Bye." "How's the wound?" "~ Good." "~ I'm glad." "Listen, Víctor, do you know what I've heard about you?" "Nothing good, I rather suspect." "Good guess." "But I'm one of those who believes that people can change,... and for the moment I have no reason to be wary of you." "Thanks." "Now, if you harm her, or if she suffers at all at your hand,..." "I'll make sure you regret it." "You care very much for my wife." "She's my sister-in-law." "Let's see --- clothing, off." "Get undressed, I told you." "Put on that." "Sátur, these people kill the sick and weak, they kill them." "Don't worry, this is your lucky year." "Quit whining, Cipriano." "You've got a job here." "You better get used to it, the sooner the better, that you'll be joining me on my trip to the Americas." "What do you care?" "Your life here isn't a full-time party." "Who can tell if when you get there, you find an Indian woman,... who may spend the whole day like this,... casting her private parts to the air... like the Indians do." "This place is depressing, Sátur." "Depressing, depressing, it's always like that." "They've killed three guys, yes, but they had such a bad look... that they almost did them a favor, Cipri." "How peaceful I was in my inn!" "No, asshole, you were always complaining about how you felt there alone at night." "Look here, tonight you get to sleep in company." "This is really depressing, indeed." "But once the selection's out of the way, we'll head right off to the Americas, and you can relax." "For the Americas, you say?" "To what Americas?" "To the Americas, where everyone's headed." "We're not going to the Americas.." "Why not?" "Where are they taking us, then?" "To Africa." "To the salt mines." "No!" "What have you done, what have you done, Gonzalo?" "Flee, flee, you have to flee." "Leave, leave!" "I'll always love you." "I'll always love you, I'll always love you, Gonzalo!" "Always, always!" "Open up." "Open up." "Open, open up." "This guy's got a piece of gold." "No, no, please!" "No, please, no!" "Where you're heading to, this won't help you any, open up!" "Open up." "Move, let's go!" "Move it!" "Cipri, we'll have to get out of here as we are." "And when we save ourselves later on, so much the better." "No, no, I don't think I can go anywhere." "If we're caught escaping, they'll kill us." "If we stay here, they'll send us to the mines in Africa." "Do you know what that means?" "We'll never again see the light of day... for the rest of our lives." "At least we'd still be alive." "But what's the point in living if you're never going to be free?" "No, no, go do what you want, Sátur, I'm staying here." "You can't stay here." "You'll have to fight for your life." "Hell no, I'm not interested in escaping." "This is how I am, I'm not made for escaping." "~ I can't." "~ What kind of man are you?" "So in a rut, so cowardly, I'm not surprised..." "What were you saying?" "That Inés left me, right?" "Well, look, now that you've mentioned it..." "You're no one to give me lessons." "I'll be what I'll be, but at least I'm not satisfied with what I am, I'll fight." "Cipriano, you can do what you want." "But if you're going to stay here, I'm not going to let them kill me because of you." "I'm planning to escape this very night." "You won't hold me back." "I see that despite your marriage, you don't neglect your professional duties, Commissioner." "A man ought not abandon what he does best,... not even for love." "Don't talk nonsense." "You know full well what I'm here looking for." "Now that you have your jewelry, your Eminence, I hope you won't think of going without my services." "Your suspicion has become an irritant,... you already have a signed confession --- besides, now you're one of the family." "Now that I am, are you going to share with me the secret it hides?" "It must be very important if it outvalues the hand of your niece." "Don't overestimate the value of family." "I'll try to give you a child as soon as possible." "They say it's the best way of sealing a sacred union." "~ Let's go." "~ Lucrecia." "Is there something I can do for you?" "No, your lieutenant has already handled it." "You can go back to what you were doing." "Cipri, Cipri, are you awake?" "I won't leave without you." "Let's go!" "I can't." "Trust me, trust me!" "But how are we going to get out of the stockade?" "Go." "Through the latrine." "Help me." "We creep around here, and once outside, we jump the fence." "Then we lose ourselves in the woods." "They won't find us." "Move it." "Lucrecia..." "Sir." "You can retire." "What's your name?" "~ Pedro." "~ Pedro." "Like the apostle." "No doubt you also have the keys to paradise, Pedro." "Of all the men in town,... you had to choose my lieutenant." "It was between him and the bald jailer, but this one's more mythical,... he reminds me of you, when you were young." "Hernán, this is my palace." "I don't think you're in a position to hand out recriminations." "Good night." "Montignac." "You leave first, we're going." "Who goes there?" "Who goes there?" "Hey, someone's there, someone's there!" "Cipri, let's go!" "Quickly." "There, they're there!" "You, there!" "You, check over there." "Whoever opens his mouth is a dead man." "They're all here." "Check the others." "We've passed it by." "What's going on?" "Cipri." "~ Hi." "~ Hi." "How was your day?" "Good." "And yours?" "Good." "Tell me, why did you marry me?" "You do love me?" "Even though you're my wife, you don't have to do anything you're not ready for." "I'll wait whatever time may be necesary." "You're shivering, Cipri." "I shouldn't have forced you to escape." "I'm sorry, friend." "~ If you should ever run across Inés..." "~ No, let's forget the forgotten." "You'll be the one to preach to her when you find her." "No, I'm already dead." "As soon as they discover the wound." "No one will find anything." "Leave it." "Come on, up we go." "Come on, let's get moving." "You're going to Africa,... but first we have to bury the trash." "You, let's go." "Sir, I can do it." "I told him to." "Sir, I dig faster than either of them." "~ Really?" "~ Yes." "~ Well, you help him." "~ Thanks." "Let's go!" "No, I won't be able to, Sátur." "Of course you can." "You have to be able to." "Are you all right?" "I was so close to being happy, Gonzalo!" ""Bury the garbage", that's what we are to these people, garbage." "I can't do more, Sátur." "If I go on, this hole will be for me." "Keep on your feet." "Use the shovel if you have to, well straightened up." "Oh, God, don't let it end like this... help us for once in our lives." "Throw it back to me, please?" "Cipri, I'll be right back." "Catch." "Thanks." "~ Do you like toys?" "~ Yes, lots." "I know someone in town who has a load of toys." "~ Beautiful toys." "~ Who?" "The teacher in San Felipe's quarter." "If you tell him you're my friend, maybe he'll give you some." "~ Really?" "~ Yes." "You only have to give him this." "Tell him Sátur wants to see him." "~ Will you remember?" "~ Yes." "~ What do you say to him?" "~ "Sátur wants to see you."" "~ Very good." "~ Hey, you, away from the fence." "The boy..." "Cipri, Cipri..." "I think we've got a chance at getting out of here." "Will you play with me, Dad?" "I told you we're not going to play here." "Beat it, go on home." "Juan, for God's sake, you have to eat something or you'll get deathly ill." "And where can we go, if our doctor is sick?" "!" "I'm not hungry, thanks." "Juan, listen to what I'm saying:..." "I have to go to the palace." "When I get back, I don't want to find even a smidgeon on that plate, are we clear?" "~ Can I come in?" "~ Juan!" "If you want me to, I'll stay." "There's no need." "Bye." "How's the wound?" "Fine." "I already said that that woman is my life." "I lost her once, and I'm not up to lose her again." "I know the story." "Have you finished?" "No, I'm not." "What is the relationship between Margarita and her brother-in-law?" "She's taken care of him and the boy ever since his wife was killed." "Taking care of them." "Have you seen how Margarita looks at him?" "Shut your trap." "~ You know it." "~ I told you to be quiet." "~ You know it, Juan." "~ Drop it." "Shut up!" "Neither you nor I have a chance with her while this man is alive." "~ Good bye." "~ Good bye." "Do you know the teacher?" "Yeah, he's my dad." "What do you want with him?" "I came for the toys." "What toys?" "A man told me that he has lots of toys." "I don't know why someone said that, my Dad doesn't have toys, only books." "Then he lied to me." "Who's that kid?" "No idea." "Some guy said you had lots of toys and he wants to see them." "Listen!" "Come here." "Who told you that I have lots of toys?" "A man." "He gave me this." "Alonso, what are you doing?" "I was going to adjust the window." "It won't shut, and the cold's getting in." "Wait for me, I'll help you." "Let me have a go." "You're going to take away my aunt?" "I'd like her to come with me,... but only if she wants to." "I don't want her to marry Juan,... but at least he wasn't going to take her out of town." "What are you doing?" "Víctor's helping me adjust the window." "I wanted to surprise my father, since he never has the time..." "All right." "Alonso, dearest, can you leave us alone for a minute?" "Sure." "I know what you're planning, Víctor." "No matter how much you mess with the window, or try to buddy up with my nephew,... it won't change the way I feel about you." "Let's go." "Sátur, I'm dying of pain." "I can't stand it anymore." "Cipri, Cipri, hang on, for God's sake!" "Let's go, let's get back up!" "What's that?" "A bullet wound." "So it was you who tried to escape last night." "No, no, for God's sake!" "The Red Eagle!" "Halt, halt!" "Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Relax, Cipri, I think we'll get out of this." "Up!" "Red Eagle!" "Ma'am, your brother-in-law, the Count of Lizana, is here." "~ Where's Juan?" "~ After the argument in the inn, no one's seen him." "~ I know who the Red Eagle is." "~ Prove it." "It's my wish that my son Nuño begin an ecclesiastical vocation at the Augustine Monastery of Alcántara." "Where's the portrait?" "Do not condemn him to confinement for the rest of his life." "It was my brother's wish, and I'm going to carry it through." "What are you doing to Juan so that he cedes you all his properties?" "This very morning I saw a man digging a pit in a cave." "Why dig pits in a cave if not to bury the dead?" "~ Are you sure about what you're doing?" "~ We leave tomorrow." "The Cardinal's niece lives in your palace." "Kill her." "What are they going to do?" "Master!" "..." "He has taken him!" "I'm sure you'll suffer if something happens to Irene." "She never forgot you." "You were always our problem."