"Juan." "Juan." "Juan." "Father." "Father." "Where are you?" "Father!" " Stay where you are, senorita." " pablo." "Where is my father?" "pablo, tell me." "Senor Verdugo will come home again if you are sensible." "sensible?" "You will see him again in exchange for, Iet us say, 45,000 pesos?" "The money collected for the supply ship." "I want it now." "Every peso." "I do not know where the money is." "He keeps it hidden in the house, but where, I do not know." "There is a key in his room." "I have seen it." "But the strongbox, I do not know where it is." "We'II go get the key." "And one way or another, we will find the box." "Don Diego and his servant." "If you value your father's life or your own, not a word about this to de Ia Vega." "I'II be listening." "Anna Maria, what happened?" "Senorita, you must tell me what happened." "I don't know." "I was out riding." "When I returned, just before you arrived, I found what you see here." "No." "No, Diego, please." "Don't go in there." "Diego, listen." "Diego." "Where's your father?" "Diego, please, don't ask me anything." " Look, Anna Maria, I just want to help you." " No one can help me, no one." "Now, leave me alone." "Anna Maria." "No." "The senorita's in great danger." "Judging by the way she's been acting, I'm afraid her father's been kidnapped." "See that Capitan Estrada gets this immediately." "Sß, comandante." "I was just" " Oh." "Come in, please." " well, corporal, what is it?" " It's Bernardo, sergeant." "Oh, little one." "Come in, come in." "That's you, sergeant." "Now, what was it you wanted?" "Oh." "Oh, I think it is something to do with this piece of paper, corporal." ""Send military guard to Verdugo hacienda at once."" "It is signed Diego de Ia Vega." "Where did Don Diego--?" "Why--?" "Why did Don Diego write this note to send a miIitary--?" "To send a military guard." "To send a military guard to the Verdugo hacienda at once?" "But why did he write this note to me?" "Over that way, sergeant, I think he means." "REYES:" "A house?" "The Verdugo hacienda?" "Somebody sneaked in on tiptoes" " and they tore everything apart." " Aah!" "corporal!" "corporal, help me." "help me, corporal." "Now, now, now, little one, little one." "There's no need to get mad at us." "Quick, corporal, take this note over to the inn and give it to Capitan Estrada." "But, senorita, senor, the comandante ordered us to come here." "Get out." "I won't listen." "Both of you get out of here and don't come back." "Stay where you are." "These men are merely doing their duty." "As a civilian, you have no right to countermand the commanding officer." "She didn't request military protection." "well, obviously the comandante deemed it necessary." "Why do you insist on upsetting her?" "Now, listen, we all know that Senor Verdugo has been abducted and is being held for ransom." " I haven't said that." " Oh, senorita, why do you refuse to face the truth?" "Senorita, what you are doing will not help your father." "It will only harm him." "Now, tell me." "Did the kidnappers get in touch with you?" "You were right about the ransom." "They demand all the money collected for the supply ship." "Have you paid it?" "Not yet." "Can't you see she's been threatened into silence?" "And now you make matters worse by involving the army." "people would understand, wouldn't they, Diego, if I used the money?" "But that's not the question, senorita." "Is it your share of the money you are worried about, Diego?" "well, I will pledge everything I own if it will bring Senor Verdugo back safely." "I will spend the rest of my Iife paying back the money," " but if I do not act now, it may be too late." " No, senorita." "Before you do anything else, make them prove that your father is alive and well." "And make them understand that if they harm him, they collect nothing." "Sergeant, we're not on maneuvers." "Why must I walk and walk and walk?" "Why?" "Because I promised Don Diego that I would guard the senorita with my Iife, and that's just what you're going to do." "After him, corporal." "After him." "No, baboso." "The gate, the gate." "What happened, sergeant?" "unless I am mistaken, this is intended for Anna Maria." "well, senorita?" "I believe you are wanted back in town, Diego." "Don Diego, the senorita is right." "The comandante wishes you to ride back to town to explain your note or else corporal Reyes and I must return immediately." " That can wait, sergeant." " It does not matter." "AII he will do is send out a patrol to investigate, we can tell them." "Send out a patrol?" "No." "No, Diego." "If there are any more soldiers, I am sure my father will not have a chance." "I was warned." " Let me see the note." " No, Diego." "please ride in and report to the comandante before he sends out a patrol." "I beg of you, please." "In the name of decency, Diego." "AII right, I'II go." "But for your father's sake, do not play into the hands of the kidnappers." "Sergeant." "Sergeant Garcia." "Coming, senorita." "You called me, senorita?" "Sergeant, the chest is very heavy." "would you put it on the table for me, please?" "Of course, senorita." "Senorita." "AII that money." "Where did it come from?" "Are you familiar with the old mission ruins?" "Sß." " Why do you ask?" " I want you to take this money there." "It will buy the release of my father." "Oh." "It is ransom money." "Now, will you please hurry?" "I will ride like the wind." "Do not light them, senorita." "Zorro." "What are you doing here?" "You received a certain note this afternoon." "No." "please, do not interfere." "I must warn you, senorita." "Do not follow those instructions." "You found the note." "Senorita, you hold your father's life in your hand." "No, his death, if I do not do exactly as they say." "Let me have it." "No, please." "Do not open it." "Have you no faith in me?" "Do you think I would harm him?" "I have such a small chance of seeing my father alive again, do not spoil it for me." "Senorita, the Iast thing in the world that I would want to do is to hurt your father's chances, but you must not place much faith in the type of men" "I'm sorry to do this to you, senor." "You have saved my Iife and my father's life, but I cannot let you interfere now." "Very well, senorita, I bow to your wishes." "But let me point out one thing." "Once the kidnappers have the money, you will no Ionger be in a position to bargain with them." "They will have everything they want, and you will only have their word that they will release your father." "Have you thought of that?" "Don Diego argued the point." "You should have listened to him." "I have been a fool." "It is too late." "Sergeant Garcia has already left with the money." "Do you think I can catch him?" "I don't know." "He left such a Iong time ago." "Here, senor." "Adiüs, senorita." "I will be back." "Vaya con Dios." "LUIS:" "BasiIio!" " Ah, Luis." " Whoa." " What has happened?" " The fat one." "He tried to outsmart me." "We have the money." "Now what?" "They are waiting for us at the blacksmith's shop." "The old man, he will be released?" "And what about him?" "{ZORRO SHOUTING}" " Luis?" " Who's there?" "Luis." "We've got you surrounded, bandidos." "Who's there?" "Luis." "Aah!" "Oh, my head." "Attention." "Zorro." " You hurry like a snail." " I had to be careful." "The whole pueblo is being searched." "soldiers everywhere." "They will not find him here." "Put it on him." "Nobody will know him when we leave here." "VERDUGO:" "What do you intend to do?" "Do not ask questions, you're not my master now." "And I am no servant." "Yet when your new master says do this and do that, you jump to obey." "You forget yourself in more ways than one." "Your leader warned you." "Keep me alive and unharmed." "Ai!" "He is right, pablo." "Be careful." "Buenas noches, senores." "Zorro." "You wish to live, senor?" "AII right." "release him." "Do not come any closer, senor." "It will cost him his life." "If you kill him, you'II lose a fortune." "I would rather lose a fortune than lose my Iife." "Zorro, no." "I am safe as long as they don't have the money or unless you force their hand." "Now you talk sense, old man." "Put it on." "PABLO:" "Stand back, senor." "Guards." "Oh." "Buenas noches, padres." "Do not be afraid, I have just captured myself some bandidos." "Guards." "Take these prisoners to the guard house." "Padres." "It is rather late for you to be out on the street, is it not?" "Eh?" "PABLO:" "We are on an errand of mercy, sergeant." "An old man is near death." "GARCIA:" "well, why not use these two horses for your journey?" "The bandidos will not be needing them now, and carry my prayers to the old man." "PABLO:" "Gracias, senor." "He will need them." "GARCIA:" "Vaya con Dios." "If you see him, shoot him." "Senorita." "Zorro." "The ransom money." "while it's in your possession, your father is safe." " Where is he?" " still a captive, but not for long." " Trust me." " I will." "With my Iife." "Senorita?" "AII is well, senorita?" "Si, corporal." "AII is well."