"~ It's for me?" "~ Of course." "You noticed the medallion?" "That seems to be very like the one we're looking for." "Except for having different gems, they were exactly the alike." "It's clear it was fashioned by the same hand." "Nuño!" "Nuño!" "All that money in the coffer is the labor and sweat of the people." "Flee, brother, flee!" "Return my brother or not even God will get out of here alive." "The old lady with the medallion is no less than the Duchess de Valmayor." "This money isn't God's, it's the people's... and it'll be returned to the people." "Order that my brother be set free at once, commissioner." "I don't yield to extortion." "They're sending me to the front in two days." "What's happening with my son, Hernán?" "I can't move my legs." "I want to spend the night with Juan." "Could he be a cripple?" "I've sent Juan to the war." "I didn't know you had such high contacts in the army." "I asked Mom." "If I can't walk, I don't want to live." "I know you love me, and you'll wait for me." "It's a good reason for coming back, don't you think?" "Nuño!" "What are you doing?" "Catalina!" "Get out!" "Get out of my palace at once, and never come back." "It has a secret combination." "Hernán?" "Who could believe it?" "A commissioner like you and a nobody like me... and we're awaiting death together shoulder to shoulder?" "Brother!" "You wiggled your foot!" "Just a little bit." "Oh, son!" "Recover my money, or forget your dreams of grandeur." "Why did you save my life?" "Who is he?" "The real father of my son." "Hey, handsome, where are you going?" "Are you coming with me?" "I'm going to show you things you never even imagined existed." "You have smallpox!" "No, no, not anymore, I'm fine, I'm fine." "~ Go away!" "~ No, I'll do whatever you want, whatever." "Go on, let me alone!" "Let him go, woman, someone else should come by." "There's won't be nobody else, understand?" "Since this happened to me, no one wants to get near me." "I've been two days without food, two days!" "I took bread from my mouth to give my son." "I don't know what else we can do." ""El Cid grasps his shield,..." ""raises his lance,..." ""spurs Bavieca,..." ""breaks through the first rank,..." ""knocks down seven and kills four."" "Someday someone will write something about the Red Eagle, you'll see." "Master, check out this picture!" "I know you'll argue, but, there you were defeated --- by not giving her a son." "Let's not start, she's betrothed." ""You should have seen there arise so many spears of war,..." ""and so many horsemen were lying broken on the battlefield."" "Man, broken down for real, that's not the case... these poets really overdo things." "Enough, Alonzo, off to bed... tomorrow you have to get up early." "Good night." "Juan's fine, and you'll soon get some news about him." "Sure, he's strong, I'm sure he'll come back." "Good night." "Could you imagine such nonsense: to get engaged, and your fiancé leaves to war!" "Changing the subject, what do we know about the goldsmith?" "I don't know where else to look anymore, Sátur,..." "I don't know anymore." "Maybe I'll never find my brother." "Don't worry, sooner or later he'll show up,... then...!" "There's no one here!" "Maybe they were confused... by the blessed Christ,... with the ghosts of monks." "I come on behalf of Augustín." "I'm leaving, I can't go on like this." "No way --- you'll do what I tell you." "No, this is a bloodbath,... grab somebody else." "Augustín and I, as I was saying,... we shared many experiences in the Indies with the Jesuits,... from that time on he spoke to me about you." "That's why I came to see you." "Look, I recently returned to those lands,... ~ and it was a strange experience." "~ Sure, Father, sure." "You must have seen the new bell for the church?" "You ought to see it, as you're an expert, it's precious!" "With its new clapper, and..." "Then you didn't know that Augustín had died?" "May God have taken him into His glory." "He always commented to me... that he wanted a serene death." "He was crucified on a tree,... following in the steps of Jesus Christ." "He died in peace,... in his bed." "God be praised." "Good, I've got to go." "It's been a pleasure to meet you, Gonzalo." "~ This way, Father." "~ Thanks." "Augustín was a good man." "He did his utmost for those who had nothing,... especially those three orphans who were his responsibility." "Three orphans?" "Yes, there was you, and the oldest was Hernán,..." "And the other, the third?" "Augustín handed him over to a family of millers, near Brunete." "What was his name?" "Sancho, he was named Sancho, that's right." "Well, I ought to go." "Thanks for everything." "The greatest thanks to you." "~ Goodbye." "~ Goodbye." "Yes, yes, wait, Father... ~ In God's hands." "~ Go with God." "We've found your brother,... he lives here, in Brunete, we're like neighbors, as they say!" "Sancho, Sátur, Sancho." "How did the fight go?" "~ What?" "~ The fight you had with the hedge." "What are you on about?" "Isn't it unseemly, your working dressed like that?" "Like what?" "It's hot." "Does it bother you?" "I was expecting to find Nuño here." "He's still asleep,... he can already move a few steps with the help of a crutch." "Hernán, you know why I summoned you here... they were on the verge of killing you, and one of the bandits is still on the loose." "I've had my job for many years,..." "I know how to take care of myself." "If you don't want to stay in the palace at least increase your escort." "Lucrecia, since when have you worried so much about me?" "It's not you, my dear,... but if you die I don't know how I'll break the news to Nuño." "Don't worry indeed, that won't happen." "Let's focus on our business,... there are aspects which are suffering some delay." "You don't say --- once more someone has got there ahead of you." "Irene, what a coincidence to find you here." "Will you walk with us?" "Get dressed." "And you, what are you doing?" "Gabi!" "You were stealing." "These things belong to my Dad, how can you act like such a crawling worm?" "You're my best friend, Gabi!" "Give it back to me." "Master, I don't want to dishearten you,... but this monk was talking about years ago." "Today we raised our hopes maybe too much, but we still mightn't be able to find him." "Don't worry, Sátur, I know,... but if it helps me find my brother, it's worth the effort, right?" "Well, yeah, man... with the effort we've put in!" "After the convent, the orphanage, the insane asylum,..." "I still say one thing: you're family wasn't very united." "Now I'll also say something else:..." "I feel it in my bones that we're going to find him,... then you'll give him a hug that'll break his chest, you'll see." "What do you want?" "We're looking for a youth named Sancho, he was handed over to you when he was small." "Yes, a monk named Augustín,... yes, handsome with a beard,... who used to visit when you least expected it." "Sancho isn't here, leave me in peace." "Never mind us, we'll wait." "I don't know anything about him, it's a while since he left." "He left?" "Can it be that we never succeed at the first try, Master!" "Maybe you have some clue to help us find him." "I told you, he's moved away!" "My wife and I live here alone now." "And now, go away.." "Of course, we're sorry to have bothered you." "He left, he said?" "If it's true that he left, where could he have left for?" "If he's a traveler like you, he could have gone to China!" "I can see myself sitting there, eating rice all day!" "Did you notice the table?" "What table?" "The table was set for three people,... but the old guy said only he and his wife live here." "This man's scared of us,... he was hiding something." "We'll come back tonight to check things out." "By the mother who bore me, the table!" "And me --- look at the place where the wall was pulled away!" "But you have such deep thoughts...!" "Such a big brain!" "Are you writing to your mother?" "Say that you eat well and that you're healthy,... and that next week, we'll get our pay,... and we'll send you something." "Right, right, but I haven't started yet." "What are you doing, you're ruining the pheasant!" "Go on, go get another one." "Love is spelled without "H"." "I didn't know you could write." "Not all of us poor folks are ignorant." "Is it for your girlfriend?" "It's for my mother, I don't have a girlfriend,... since I haven't found the perfect girl." "If you want, I'll help you." "To write the letter." "Are you crazy or just stupid?" "How many times have I told you to forget her, Martín, forget her!" "I can't." "By the mother who bore you both!" "He was stealing, we could have been left with nothing." "Maybe you thought he was doing something but it turned out he was doing something else, Alonso." "I know what I saw, really!" "He was carrying the bag, and look, he hit me." "Have you talked with him?" "No, I don't want to talk with thieves, and besides, I don't know where he is." "Enough, Alonso, enough, we're going to talk with Gabi and his mother like people, you got that?" "~ Food!" "~ It's garbage for the hens." "It'll make you sick." "This piece is mine, let me alone." "That's not Gabi's mother?" "Alonso, rush straight home." "Move!" ""The key to my room." "I hope to see you to write that letter tomorrow." "Irene."" "Your bad custom, to not tell things." "You're so shy, so shy,... you've got a problem, but what are friends for?" "Catalina's right, Estuarda,... you can trust us." "And I thank you, Cipri, but what can you all do?" "You can feed us for one day,... but who'll pay for the house?" "You can't pay our expenses forever." "~ Innkeeper!" "~ You ought to talk with Sátur, who is after all the father of that creature, I tell you.." "[~ You ought to talk with Sátur, who, as father of the child, has his duties, I should say.]" "No, no, Sátur already has enough troubles, I don't want him to learn about this, please,... nor my son, either." "Did Alonso see me take food from the garbage?" "No." "Don't worry about that now, just eat." "Woman, we'll find some sort of solution, don't jump to conclusions." "It's true we've got nothing, but... you'll see that we'll find something." "I've already got something." "It's your engagement ring,... no, no, I can't take it." "Take it, please." "Estuarda, take it." "You'll get a lot of money for it." "Thanks." "Margarita, this is a generous gesture,... but do you really see what you've done?" "It's just a ring." "Woman, just a ring...?" "It's an heirloom of Juan's family,... and it's been worn by his family for generations." "It can save an entire family." "You'd do exactly the same." "Think it over --- Juan's a very good person,... he'll understand you,... but what about your in-laws?" "You know they'll never forgive this for as long as they live, right?" "You liked the dinner?" "I ate so quickly I never even tasted it." "I was eager to see your present." "My present?" "How do you know I've got something for you?" "Well, tomorrow is my saint's day,... and you do it every year." "Your Eminence, a message for you." ""Tomorrow at 9 PM, at the front door of the cathedral at Salamanca." ""If you want to recover the half of the medallion, don't fail to be there." ""Goldsmith"" "Get my carriage ready, we'll leave at once." "Has something happened, Uncle?" "No, no, nothing serious,... just work." "Well, when I'm back I'll give you your present." "You'll like it, it's something very special." "I'll summon my men to escort you to the Marquesa's palace." "But I think there was something wrong." "No, Sátur, they're just nervous, scared." "How would you expect two old folks to be?" "If two strangers arrived with questions, what would you want to do?" "I don't agree." "I think it's time we find out what's really going on there." "It's the same when you go to a castle or a mill, or wherever... with that nice-guy-face you wear, you raise your good name to the top, well, of course... but it's something else when you go dressed as bird,... because they respect a uniform." "What's happened?" "Nothing, they found them in the middle of the woods,... dead." "Nobody knows what happened." "A big butchery, Master... you can no longer walk easy anywhere with such lack of security." "That stinks --- what is it?" "~ Bites." "~ Of what?" "Of some animal." "But the arrows weren't fired by any animal." "I tell you, this shouldn't have happened." "Enough already, Lucrecia, the last thing I need is another sermon." "Careful, it'll hurt a bit." "Did you see who attacked?" "No need to see:" "Manuel Sánchez, the bandit,..." "He won't stop until he kills me." "Hernán,... spend the night here at the palace." "We'll double the guard." "We'll requisition more soldiers." "Please, Hernán,... let me take care of you." "I've missed you so much!" "I'm sorry, Lucrecia,... it was a mistake." "It all seems pretty quiet, hey, Master?" "maybe the old guy was right, and they set the table expecting a neighbor." "That's what we're going to find out." "Yeah, but if he wakes up and see you in that disguise,... he'll freeze." "My God!" "Who could have been nasty enough to kill these two old folks?" "No trace of my brother." "Sátur, the well." "Holy God!" "Sátur!" "Help me, get me up!" "You're alive!" "The great Manuel Sánchez." "You're rather worse for the wear, commissioner." "That's nothing compared to what you'll get now that I've got my hands on you." "You've had your shot at me, I still don't understand how you failed." "What happened, Manuel, your guts failed you?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "The attack from behind at the Marquesa's palace." "Coward!" "If I'd had that opportunity, you'd be dead, commissioner... it wasn't me." "Sir, a barkeep in Soto says that Manuel spent the whole night drinking in the cantina." "~ I didn't attack you!" "~ Take him off." "Let's go!" "If it wasn't him, then who was it, Hernán,... who snuck into my palace?" "Hey, you, help me..." "Move it, kid, I don't have all day!" "Hey, I don't know you." "Don't worry, they're all asleep." "Still unconscious." "This boy has risen from the dead, Master." "I think you both don't look so much alike,... even if it's clear you and the commissioner look as alike as two eggs from the same chicken." "Assuming that is my brother." "We only have to ask him his name,... and if it's Sancho, then it's him,... he has a bracelet." "Hey, Sátur,..." "I have one very similar,..." "I've had it ever since I was a little tyke." "Shit!" "Relax, don't be scared." "My name's Gonzalo de Montalvo, you're in my house." "My parents, you've killed them?" "No." "But I couldn't do anything for them." "You're still alive, it could have been even worse,... what you need to do now is heal up." "Oh, yeah --- you, what's your name?" "Sancho,... my name's Sancho." "Look, I've got to go out." "No, no, you're very weak." "Rest." "Look, I thank you for saving me and all that, but... but I don't know anything about you,... and you don't know me either." "You were in the orphanage in town,... until a monk named Augustín collected you." "He visited you now and then,... he guided you like a teacher,... and was there when you needed him." "How do you know all that?" "because he did the same for me,..." "I'm your brother." "I'm not your brother, I'm Saturno,... nice to meet you." "Why have you avoided me all this time?" "I was ashamed that I'd been stealing." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Why not tell me you and your mother were so badly off?" "You see,... whenever we play the war, we cover each other's backs." "But if you don't tell me what's going on, I can't help you." "I've been with Murillo and the others." "You're coming, right?" "How much are you giving me?" "150 reales,... and not a bit more." "Done." "What's going on?" "What's going on, where are you going?" "~ What are you doing with that?" "~ It's mine" "~ Who'd you steal it from?" "~ I didn't steal it, give it back to me!" "~ Whore and a thief." "~ I didn't steal it, give it back to me!" "~ You have the full package, my beauty, let's go!" "~ Leave me alone!" "~ Slug her." "~ Let me go!" "Master,... give me some sort of hint about what we're going to do with your brother." "For the moment he'll stay at home,... after all, if the ones who attacked him are the same crowd looking for the medallion, then he'll be in danger." "It seems to me that you've left out a little detail:... what are you going to tell Alonso and Margarita?" "You can't keep your brother hidden in your room for the rest of his life." "He should be introduced, take my word for it." "There's something else: as you begin to unfurl the history of your family, they'll drop dead." "About the other guy, we say nothing, of course." "No, of course not..." "Better, much better." "Then what, as your brother heals up, then what?" "It's not up to me,... but I'd like it if he came to live with us." "Of course, Master,... family is first,..." "I can say that because I've scarcely seen mine." "We've wasted enough time chasing ghosts." "Sátur,... look at that." "Here's where they found the bodies." "Poor people!" "Why did they kill them?" "Was it simple plundering or what?" "Shit!" "This is Martial!" "You know him?" "Yes, no, maybe a little." "A poor devil who was always drunk in the street." "Master, he has a wife and kids." "Well, they're a widow and orphans now, the poor things." "You have to talk with her, to see what she knows." "And to tell her her husband won't be back?" "Ever since I entered your service, the corpses pile up around me." "Between your mysteries and the other ones we find,... this is Godless work." "Wait!" "You're kind of restless, Catalina, is something up?" "No, yes, well, yes." "You can talk to me in total confidence, you know that." "Miss Irene,..." "I have to ask you for a very important favor." "Sure, whatever you want." "With all my respect, Miss,..." "I'd like it if you stopped seeing my nephew,..." "Martín." "That's going to be difficult, since he works here at the palace." "Forgive me, I expressed myself poorly." "I want to stop any sort of personal relationship you might have with my nephew." "You've spoken to him?" "Yes, but he doesn't listen to reason,... but you could put a bit of sanity into the matter, because,..." "I appreciate you very much, Catalina, but it isn't any of your concern." "Excuse me, Miss, but it is,... since he's family." "You have anything you want,... but all he has is this job,... and his family eats on what he brings home." "You may leave." "You're still very young and may not understand,... but the rich die rich,... and the poor die poor." "If you keep seeing him, sooner or later they'll kill him,... and that will weigh on my conscience,... and on yours, Miss." "Margarita, what are you doing here?" "I already told you that my Master's clothes are my business." "Please, you have to leave." "Sátur, who's that?" "What a question!" "Well, this is...it's someone..." "Loosely related or closely related, how can I know?" "Sátur, don't keep me guessing and tell me who he is." "I don't know whether I'm allowed to say." "Besides, it's far from clear to me, too." "Who had it clear indeed was a monk named Augustín,... but since that poor guy has died,..." "Gonzalo!" "Can you tell who this kid is who's lying in your bed?" "~ It's..." "~ It's who, who?" "Nobody!" "Well, not nobody, since he's here... he's a guy we find lying in the street and we don't know who he is, right, Master?" "He's my brother." "No, don't do that, Master, no!" "He could really be your brother?" "~ Yes." "~ I don't get it." "What's going on?" "And who's this?" "Well, whoever was missing, we're all here now." "Well, according to your father, it's his brother." "What?" "!" "never mind, he'll be here for a while,... the family usually gathers here,... he'll get used to it." "Then, if you're his brother,... you're my uncle?" "I guess." "This youngster, who has been without his family,..." "Miss Irene." "No, it's not me, forgive me, don't tell on me..." "Here they are, Master, here they are." "Yes, tactfully, I'm going to tell then." "She's Petra, Marcial's wife." "Hello, ma'am, Saturno, and he's my master." "Gonzalo." "We'd like to talk with you for a moment." "Oh, my, troubles again!" "What has my truant husband done now?" "What's up, did he owe you money or what?" "Serve her something hot, this is going to be complicated." "So what's happened?" "When was the last time you saw your husband?" "He spent the last two nights away from home,... and he'll see what's what when I get my hands on him." "You won't see much of him unless it's with the angels." "Did he say where he was going?" "Not quite, but he said he'd be running in a race... which would earn him lots of money,... but you can't believe this guy at all." "Do you know where the race was?" "Do you know where it was, do you remember?" "No." "It's really important if you could tell me exactly what he said about this race." "He told me he had to go to the woods along the road to Segovia... before nightfall." "Do you know how or where he learned of this race?" "No, no, sir." "You see,... ~ we found Marcial in the woods." "~ Dead." "Dead." "I'm sorry." "It can't be!" "It can't be!" "Marcial, my God, Marcial!" "Don't stare at me like that." "What would you want me to tell her,... that he was just a little bit dead?" "These things are better said this way, at once and without sugar coating." "What race were you talking about?" "Well, see, they've all arrived at their target, but... in what condition?" "!" "Sure, it's not a race,... it was a hunt." "A hunt?" "They tricked them so they could hunt them down." "People hunting people?" "Who'd do such a thing?" "But, for God's sake, Master Nuño, why did you come down here like that?" "Mind your own business, Catalina --- I want to talk to the gardener." "You --- come here." "On behalf of Miss Irene." "Thank you." "I did it for her, not you." ""I don't want to see you again." "Irene."" "But I don't understand." "I have to go for some flowers." "There's nothing to understand, it's clear enough, right?" "Wait." "Tell her I want to talk with her." "I'll wait tonight in the labyrinth." "At 11, please." "I don't take orders from anybody,... who do you think you are?" "Martín, are you going to explain to me what all this is about?" "Irene --- she doesn't want to see me anymore." "Man, thanks be to God!" "She finally got some sense." "Think about it, Martín, let this finally got through your thick head:... who's born a piglet dies a pig,... and you're going to have to look for a more rugged maid... with wide hips, who would give you many children,... that's all." "You see, Master?" "I already told you he'd be here,... going to bury his parents." "Poor kid!" "Let's go." "Why didn't you wait for me?" "It's dangerous to be here alone, those who attacked your parents could return." "I had to bury them." "Sancho, why were they killed?" "Were they looking for you?" "Do you owe something to someone?" "No." "Your father told us you'd moved away a long time ago --- why did he lie to us?" "I don't know, Gonzalo, I don't know." "Please, leave me alone with them for a few minutes." "Excuse me." "Do you think it was the same crowd looking for the medallion?" "I don't know but it could be." "We've asked so many questions and gotten so few answers,... and you don't seem to care!" "How cold blooded, Master!" "Maybe news got out, they'll all come to pay their condolences,... such a bad day awaits the poor guy." "If you stage a spectacle, I'll kill you... and I don't care about those two witnesses." "We agreed that you'll bring six prey,... but there were only five,... so you owe me one, right?" "They've killed my family." "The next hunt will be tonight,..." "I want the usual six plus something special,..." "I want a boy." "I told you I don't want to go on with this." "You don't seem to realize that you can't back out now, do you?" "Bring me the boy if you want to go on living." "He could be good people,... that man's affected." "I was looking for you." "If you want I can show you around the neighborhood, so that you can check it out,... if you want to stay with us." "Well, I don't have to decide yet whether or not I'll stay." "Yeah, for now it's enough that we get to know each other." "It's the first time I've had an uncle, you know that?" "Why don't you introduce me to your friends?" "It's a good way for us to start to get to know each other." "Yeah, but they'll bury you with questions,... first I'll show you around." "He greeted you --- who is he?" "That's Murillo, Catalina's son,... and she's a friend of both my Dad and my Aunt." "And the other kid?" "The one by his side?" "He's Paco, the blacksmith's son,... he's got no mother, but he does have two aunts and a grandmother,... he's a bit of a wimp." "Look, there's Gabi, my best friend." "Gabi, this is my uncle." "What's wrong?" "My Mom, they've arrested her." "What for?" "I don't know, they say she stole something." "Gabi, wait." "Where do you think you're going?" "Don't touch me." "What did you say?" "Leave him alone, he's in quite a state." "Gonzalo, please, we have to go and rescue Estuarda,... let me talk." "Margarita!" "Margarita, they don't believe me,... they said I stole the ring." "Don't worry about it, we'll get you out of here, Estuarda." "Was it necessary to treat her like this?" "Unless it's demonstrated to the contrary, we assume that everyone who comes in has committed a crime." "And, yes, this is how we treat criminals." "This is no closed convent, and we dispense justice." "Commissioner, she didn't steal anything, I gave her the ring..." "I gave it to her because I wanted to." "She stole nothing,..." "I gave it to her." "I beg you for clemency, for God's sake." "She's innocent, believe me." "All right." "Thank you!" "Good, and now that that's settled, go away." "We'll go when we get the ring back." "What ring?" "My engagement ring." "Have you seen any ring?" "Let's go, beat it, go on!" "Let's go, Gonzalo, let it go." "Damn!" "Why am I always the last to find out?" "Gabi, I'm your Dad in the good times as well as the bad,... you should have told me, otherwise I can't help you." "They don't want to worry you." "But you knew?" "Yeah, well, I've found out a bit beforehand." "This is Godless!" "That means that everyone ignores me." "Well, but what could you have done?" "You've got no money." "I shit on the money and on the idiot who invented it." "Relax, kid, you'll see how everything gets done..." "I swear on my saint's name that your Mom's coming back,... you have my word." "If not?" "If not, I'll dig a tunnel into this very jail with my own two hands." "You hungry?" "I'll go look for something to eat from Cipri." "Don't move from that spot, you got that?" "If anything happens I want to be the first to find out." "Right?" "I'm clear." "That's it." "Even if my Mom's out of prison, we're still broke." "Don't worry, it'll all work out, you'll see." "I know how you can get a lot of money easily." "Really, how?" "Irene!" "I've taken my first steps without crutches." "Very good, Nuño, I'm happy for you." "What's with you today?" "Nothing, I'm just a bit tired today, that's all." "Take it, come on, it's for you." "He'll wait for you tonight at 11 in the Labyrinth,... but I don't understand you, Irene, since he's just a peon." "So you still haven't caught him,... and you don't even know who attacked you." "There are enemies both inside and outside of town, Lucrecia,... when he tries again, I'll be ready, don't you worry." "Put them there." "When you're done with all this, empty out my son's room... and leave only the essential stuff,..." "I don't want Nuño tripping." "Nuño, tend to your duties." "Irene, my dear, will you accompany him, please?" "Let's go, Martín, I'll show you what leaves the room and what stays." "The next time I see you with her, I'll kill you." "Thanks be to God!" "Thank you, Master!" "What did they do to you, Estuarda?" "Tell me you're all right!" "I'm fine, I'm fine, Sátur." "If I weren't..." "I don't know how I can repay everything you've done for me." "You don't owe me anything,... we have done as anybody would." "No, my lady, you have been... well, I don't have the words, but here I got..." "I got a scare!" "Go on, Sátur, get dinner ready,... and I'll make the bed." "We want you to stay and spend the night with us." "I'm looking for Gabi, do you know where he is?" "He's out playing with Alonso, relax, he's fine." "I'll try to hunt down a nightdress for you,... tonight you'll sleep here,... there's nothing more to be said." "Thank you." "A hug!" "Don't turn me down, I need to do this, Estuarda, for God's sake!" "Don't do this to me!" "Don't do this to me anymore!" "Count on me, let me help you!" "You're not alone,... as long as I'm alive, you're not alone --- get that into your head." "I'll respect all your decisions,..." "I'm not going to mess around in your life, but count on me." "Listen to me, Sátur, I don't want to be a burden to anyone,..." "I never have been, all my life I've hoed my own row,... and I've walked with pride, always." "Well, now you've got me!" "When I had Gabi I was alone,..." "I had to leave my home, and we've made a life,... and now I want to do the same,... to go on with my son." "But, Estuarda..." "Give thanks to Gonzalo and Margarita, please." "Another one, come on." "Another?" "No, no." "Look, you say it's a secret,... and you can't tell me anything." "But I'm not budging from here unless you tell me why we've been running around all day." "I told you, I need coaching." "But why and for what?" "Promise me you won't say anything to anyone." "Right, I promise." "It's running a race, and if I win I'm going to earn lots of money." "They'll give you money for running around?" "They give money for winning." "When?" "This afternoon, in the woods." "When I say three, you got it?" "Three!" "Gabi, are you all right?" "I need that money, Alonso,..." "I need that money." "Take it, you'll be fine." "Thanks, Gonzalo, but I can't eat anything." "Come on, just try some." "I made it for you." "Look..." "Gonzalo, this is really bad!" "Take it." "Eat!" "I want you to know this recipe nearly got me thrown out of the army." "Take it, it's not that bad." "It's a day off, all right?" "One thing, Gonzalo --- since when do you have a brother?" "It's complicated,... there's much about me that you don't know yet." "But what sort of things?" "I've known you since you were a kid,... both you and your family." "He's a brother from your father's line or from your mother's?" "What's important is that he's my brother,... what matter where he came from?" "Fine, but sometimes I get the feeling I really don't know you at all." "It's as if you were two people." "I'm just a teacher." "You're here?" "You were supposed to be in the woods,... the race's about to start." "~ I can't go." "~ That's too bad... my life's at stake, kid." "Alonso went in my place,..." "I sprained an ankle." "Alonso?" "Alonso's in the woods?" "Yeah, he said he'll pretend to be me." "My fucking life!" "Sancho!" "What's up, Gabi?" "You're hiding something again?" "What's up, son, what's up?" "Gabi, look, nothing's going to happen,... don't be scared, but what's going on?" "I don't know." "Sancho told me I could earn lots of money... if I ran a race in the woods,..." "I think along the road to Segovia." "By the mother who bore me!" "Excuse me, Master, like I said,... you're the only normal one of the three, what a mess of a family you've landed in!" "Thank God, my son, that you didn't go." "Alonso went in my place." "What!" "?" "When did he go?" "It's been a while." "Don't even budge from here, you hear me, don't even budge!" "But he only has to run!" "Stay right there, Gabi!" "He only has to run!" "Run, boy, don't let them hunt you!" "What did you say?" "Move, move!" "What's going on, why did they shoot?" "Alonso!" "Uncle!" "Red Eagle!" "~ And the vases?" "~ Filled, and where they belong." "Very good, and the firewood?" "Here, all piled up." "Aunt, I'm going, I don't want to be late." "See organized you are when you want to be." "May I know where you're going in such a hurry?" "Martín!" "How come you didn't shift the furniture in my son's room like I told you?" "Nuño tripped on it, this guy's useless!" "Go upstairs now, right now!" "Go on, hurry, and don't make her angrier." "Aunt, go to the labyrinth, Irene is waiting for me there." "What?" "I don't believe it." "Aunt, please tell her I can't go." "Look, Martín, enough of this,... tend to your chores and forget about that girl, are we clear?" "All right, I'll go and tell her but you tend to your own business." "You're not going?" "Me?" "Not even dead." "The best we can hope for in this debâcle is for the girl to be sad about being stood up,... and that finishes the matter, once and for all." "~ But, woman..." "~ Don't start trying to make me angry, too!" "Man, all of you are getting heavy talking about love,... and of emotions." "In all of God's life, a person will marry someone suitable,... not who they really love,... and you know better than anybody." "I tried to leave him,... they forced me." "And there had to be a child?" "You've sent him to certain death!" "Sátur, bring some warm water." "I'll bring boiling!" "How is he, will he die?" "You think he knew,... he knew there was going to be a hunt?" "No, he didn't." "Please, leave us." "I didn't even have time to get to know him." "You would have been greatly disappointed, Master." "I'm right, of your family you're the only normal one,... the only one!" "Recruiting people to hunt them?" "That's sick beyond belief!" "But what do we know about his life?" "This here isn't Sancho,... it's Ana." "Your mother, what was her name?" "Laura." "Then why does he wear a bracelet with a woman's name?" "I don't know." "Martín?" "Martín?" "Do you want to play?" "Martín, please,... it's all right." "Tell me about this chain." "At the orphanage you took care of the child who wore it." "I don't know anything about that." "Leave me in peace, I beg you!" "Tell me what I want to know and I'll leave you alone." "A girl had this chain." "A man came looking for her and took her." "He asked me to put the chain on another baby and I did... on a little boy." "What was his name?" "I don't know, I swear I don't know." "Very well." "Then?" "Augustín grabbed the wrong baby." "So this other man who wasn't Augustín... took this girl, who is really your sister?" "Therefore..." "This is too much!" "Hey, Augustín might have already read the chain!" "No one's read it in this country, Master, no one!" "Things just heap up on us!" "So now we have to search for a young lady,... isn't that right, Master?" "But, should I follow this man... or should I hunt him, what's the plan?" "Master, I know who can tell us who your sister is,... the wet nurse!" "No, Irene, no!" "She was wearing this bracelet." "I remember the girl." "I'll rather die of hunger than sell you my son." "A battalion is coming back from the front... but they're pretty beat up." "You left her, waiting for me, all alone?" "Help!" "~ Arrest him!" "~ Let me go!" "Does anyone know Juan de Calatrava?" "Don't deny that this is yours." "If I qualify for the donkey's race today,..." "I'll win the first prize at the championship." "Francisco Pulido is racing, nobody can defeat him." "~ Where's Irene?" "~ I don't know." "~ You don't have a chance!" "~ Mind your own donkey, champ!" "Gonzalo, there." "Juan!" "Help!" "No one looks for a live person in a bunch of corpses." "No, no!"