"~ Juan is well." "~ He's strong, I'm sure he'll come back." "I haven't eaten in two days, two days." "~ You've got smallpox!" "~ No, no!" "I don't know what we're going to do." "I don't want to go on with this." "No way,... you'll do what I tell you." "No, that's a butchery, find someone else." "I'm here on behalf of Augustín." "These things belong to my Dad, how can you be such a crawling worm?" "Give it back to me!" "He cared for the pauper." "~ Of course, Father." "~ Especially the three orphans he was responsible for." "Three orphans?" "Is it for your girlfriend?" "I don't have a girlfriend, I haven't found the perfect girl." "~ We've found your brother!" "~ Sancho, his name is Sancho, yes." "They live here in Brunete, we're neighbors, as they say!" "How many times have I told you to forget her, Martín, forget her!" "I can't." "I have a hunch we're going to find him." "We're looking for a youth named Sancho." "I don't know anything about him, he left a long time ago." "I live here alone with my wife." "The table was set with three places." "He's hiding something, tonight we'll come back to find out what." "~ Food!" "~ This piece is mine!" "Isn't that Gabi's mother?" "Did Alonso see me take food from the garbage?" ""Tomorrow, at nine o'clock in front of the cathedral of Salamanca."" "Take it, please, you can get a lot of money for it." "Thank you." "I was impatient for your present." "My present?" "Bites, but the arrows weren't fired by any animal." "Nobody knows what's going on." "Let me take care of you." "That was a mistake." "Who could be so nasty as to murder those old folks?" "~ The well." "~ He's alive!" "I want you to stop seeing my nephew." "I'm your brother." "I'd like it if he decided to live with us." "They killed my family." "It seems that you don't realize that you can't back out, right?" "They want a boy." "I know how you can earn a lot of money quickly." "Alonso went in my place,... he told me I could earn a lot of money,... running in a race in the woods." "But what's going on, why are they shooting?" "Alonso!" "Do you think he knew there was going to be a hunt?" "I didn't have the time to get to know him." "Augustín grabbed the wrong baby." "And so the other guy who wasn't Augustín... took the girl who's your sister?" "So we have to find a young lady." "I saw you, and it seemed easy..." "Of course, it's clear that the Eastern way isn't my way." "The next time practice without me,... since I have too much affection for my own neck." "Aha, I just hit him, right in the middle of the ass!" "What's this?" "Nothing, I just completed the scheme,... since you've forgotten we're looking for a sister and not a brother." "Thank you, Sátur." "It's just the "niña" is written without a second 'i'." ""Niña"?" "How is it written without the second 'i',... but is still pronounced "niña"?" "Niña, without the second 'i'." "Permit me to say that I once saw the very Quevedo himself write... indiscriminately: "niña"..."niñia"." "Well, it's not going to be easy to find your sister,... all we know is about the orphanage, that someone bought her, and little else." "~ And her name is Ana." "~ Do you have any idea how many Anas there are in the world?" "!" "Eustaquias or Ambrosias would be somewhat scarcer." "We don't know whether she's blonde or brunette, tall or short, or with a huge squint." "If she's alive, I'll find her." "Of course." "Sure, Master, I already know who can tell us where your sister is." "~ Who?" "~ The wet-nurse." "If your sister came there as a baby, someone had to be breastfeeding her." "Agreed --- but how do we find her?" "But haven't you heard tell of her?" "She's famous in this town, for the generous tits she has,... those women don't secrete milk, they indeed give out cream." "I'll find her, Sátur." "It's just dawn, let's go before we wake the boy." "Master, if you don't mind,..." "I'd like to go to Estuarda's,..." "I've come across a loaf of bread, and I'd like to surprise her and my son with it." "Of course, Sátur." ""Niña"?" "All through God's life, it's been spelled "niñia"." "Irene?" "Wake up, it's late." "I spotted you, all right?" "No, no, Irene, no!" "Can you tell us what's wrong, Nuño?" "She's dead, Mom!" "It's one of my servants." "My God, who could have done something like this?" "She's wearing too expensive a dress to be a servant." "Hernán, she's wearing a dress of Irene's." "Someone who wanted to kill Irene struck one of the servants instead... that's why they came into the palace,... they didn't want to kill me,... they were hunting Irene." "They killed her, Mom?" "No, no, son, never you mind." "What have they done with Irene?" "Take Nuño to a safe place." "I'm going to search the palace." "Hernán!" "Find that girl." "Up we go!" "Keep washing, girls, I'm going to go hang these linens." "Don't be scared, I just need your help." "You're the Red Eagle, aren't you?" "They've told me that you were a wet-nurse at the orphanage,..." "I'm looking for a girl who was there years ago,... her name was Ana." "I don't know, there were so very many of them." "The girl wore this bracelet." "Yes, I remember that girl,... but they took her away from the orphanage pretty quickly." "Can you remember anything else,... it's very important." "I think she had a birthmark on her head,... like from a whim,... but as I say, she was there for just a very short time." "Thanks you very much." "Goodness, you don't know how my daughters admire you!" "Girls, girls!" "The Red Eagle is here, come, come look!" "They won't forgive me if they don't see you." "I said I don't have money,... since they threw me out of the whorehouse, I haven't gotten any work." "It's a business, not a charity.." "Those who don't pay rent move to the street." "You can't evict us, please!" "I'm yours whenever you want." "I'll do everything you ask, whatever you want." "You have smallpox scars, I don't want you!" "Since you're so desperate, it occurs to me that there's something you can give me." "Whatever you want." "Your son Gabi." "What?" "You give up a burden and I get cheap labor." "I'll die of hunger before I sell my son." "Then you have to move out in a fortnight, and not a day later." "I swear I'll pay you, just give me some more time!" "Are you all right, Dad?" "Fine, why?" "I'm sorry about what happened to my uncle." "I hardly knew him, but he saved my life." "Well, I'll never forget him." "Thanks, son." "And I'm very sorry about your brother, Gonzalo." "Thanks." "~ Well, should we have breakfast?" "~ Good idea." "~ Well, I don't know what can we eat." "~ Again with no milk?" "Gonzalo, we don't make ends meet, the maravedíes we earn vanish as soon as we get them,... the food doesn't last long." "~ Calm down." "~ Don't say "calm down"." "Men think things are easy... but in the end it's a woman who has to do the worrying." "And you, what's going on with you?" "Me?" "Nothing." "Well, yeah, you're quarreling like those are old married couples." "Taking advantage of this moment when the three of us are alone,..." "I've been thinking my your aunt, you, and I... ought to go for a day out in the country." "Um, no, no, I don't think she likes the countryside." "You don't?" "Fine, if your Dad wants to..." "Since that's settled, we'll all go." "Go to the dairy and get them to give us some credit." "Go on." "You going for a walk, no..." "Well, if Alonso wants..." "Gonzalo, a battalion from the front has arrived." "A wagonload of soldiers came,... they're pretty beaten up." "They're from Juan's formation." "Let me through, let me through!" "Has anybody seen Juan de Calatrava?" "Do you know him?" "I'm sorry." "Excuse me, do you know whether Juan de Calatrava is here?" "No?" "Does anyone know Juan de Calatrava?" "Gonzalo, here!" "Juan, Juan!" "It's not him, it's not him!" "Cipri!" "Margarita, this doesn't mean the same thing happened to him,... besides, I'm sure Juan is all right." "How can you be so sure?" "Well, because if I had someone like you waiting for me,... no one would kill me." "Here you are --- and the animals?" "This will be animal droppings?" "Yeah, so it seems,... though there are some humans who have nothing to envy." "For the sack!" "Sátur, what are you doing?" "What are you doing stirring shit by hand?" "Well, nothing, except I dropped a coin, but no luck... nothing, I haven't found it." "Besides, you're right, it's just one coin, and what with the smell and all... it's better to forget it." "Let's go... off to school." "Sátur, you have a full sack of shit... why?" "Well, yes, animal droppings, but it's for..." "For?" "If someday you're a father, you'll understand what it means to be scared of what might happen to your child." "~ Has something happened to Gabi?" "~ No!" "I'm collecting this stuff in order to sell it,... and then I can help Estuarda and Gabi with the profit." "But, Sátur, why don't you ask my father for help?" "No, no." "~ But, if ever..." "~ I told you no!" "Off to school, go on!" "No, no." "I'm going to help you." "What?" "No." "Not you." "Sátur, don't tell me no, you got that?" "After all, you're always helping me." "So now I'm going to help you." "Let's get with it." "Get ready, Alonso,... because we're going to wallow in shit up to our ears." "I don't know what's happened, they've closed off Irene's room... and they won't let me in to make the bed." "Woman, what do you want?" "The girl spent the night crying,... and thinking about Martín, and him standing her up last night." "Poor little rich girl!" "Poor?" "She spent many years in a convent,... but with that body and face,... she's got my nephew with the hots..." "And may he not learn that I didn't go there to warn her." "You left her there,... waiting for me by herself?" "Well, yes, Martín, yes,... besides that, I can tell you many times, but I can't say it more clearly:... this girl is the niece of a Cardinal,... and you're a gardener." "I'm going up to her room, I have to explain what happened." "No, don't you even budge!" "Arrest him!" "What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "You're being held for murder." "Aunt, Aunt!" "Oh, for God's sake, commissioner, let him go." "He didn't do anything." "One maravedí?" "Just one maravedí?" "~ Well, that's what it's worth." "~ Well, bye, then." "~ Let's go, man." "~ But, Sátur..." "Look, one maravedí won't be a lot,... but think that if we go every day gathering up horse poop,... well, in two months we'll have heaps of maravedís!" "On the other hand, maybe not, since the animals all seem constipated,... still, in two months..." "Sátur, if we have to be early to gather crap, let's get up earlier." "Stop worrying, Alonso." "Let's go wash our hands, so the flies don't eat us." "Take it, scrub." "~ Look, Sátur!" "~ What?" "There's going to be a donkey race in town." "So what?" "Well, if you qualify, you can run in the final... you could win 100 reales, that's written here!" "Sátur, didn't you tell me you know how to ride a donkey,... that you were the best in your village?" "Alonsillo, to run in this race,... besides riding a donkey, you also have to own one." "Well, then, the only thing we have to do is get a donkey." "How mischievous you are, as if that should be so easy!" "Let's stop worrying about my problems, all right?" "Since you're only 10 years old, enjoy life... because later on it's a bitch." "Throw it!" "You couldn't get what you wanted, so you decided to get it by force, right?" "~ Where's Irene?" "~ I don't know." "What's happened to her?" "So now you care?" "Lucrecia!" "Don't deny this is yours." "What have you done with Irene?" "Ma'am, please, stop this,... my nephew wasn't able to see Irene." "Catalina, get out of here." "He was shifting the furniture in Nuño's room, like you ordered." "The Cardinal's niece could be lying dead somewhere!" "Aunt, please, go away!" "Ma'am, he couldn't have done this, please." "It could have been no one else, don't make us lose any more time." "~ Go away!" "~ No, ma'am!" "Let me." "Ma'am, I saw a man enter the palace,..." "He was dressed like a steward but he's not on the staff,... ma'am, it must have been him." "Enough of this stupidity." "Get her out of here!" "Where am I?" "Why are you doing this?" "Why?" "My uncle is an influential man,... and if I ask him he'll do whatever you want." "It's too late for that." "But don't be afraid, you'll be fine here." "My uncle won't let you harm me." "They'll find me." "No one will look for you under an abandoned belfry." "No one looks for the living among all the dead." "Clever of you to ask for the help of the villagers!" "Despite all the shortages they're bearing up under... they don't stop bringing bandages... and...well, they better hurry,... tomorrow another wagon of wounded will arrive." "You're a good man, Cipri." "For Inés I wasn't good enough." "Cipri!" "Cipri, you wouldn't have a donkey?" "~ A donkey?" "~ Yeah." "That's a luxury in these times, man." "And why do you want a donkey?" "Me?" "Well, it's nothing." "Thanks." "Thanks, my good man, I thank you." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Don't get upset." "In the name of the Spanish army and the men who you support,..." "I thank you greatly for the support you've given your nation." "Well, I was going to donate some milk, but I can't give a donkey..." "You're going to refuse to give this to Spain?" "Man, no, I just said..." "I'll take care that you be commended for your heroic act of donating the animal." "Don't worry." "Let's go, let's go!" "They gave us a donkey?" "Yes...no..." "They didn't give it, but..." "My Estuarda and my Gabi,... they're being thrown into the street, Margarita, because they can't pay the rent,... so I want to sign up for a donkey race now... so I can win the championship." "The down side is that I don't know where I'll get the 15 maravedíes registration fee." "But Francisco Pulido is competing,... the town's champion,... and no one beats him." "Draw him bald,... with a head like that, like an egg." "Mom, you've told me that five times." "Son, please, draw him well, it's very important." "Have you made the eyes small?" "Let's go, kids, let's start class!" "Hello." "Let's go!" "Hi, Catalina." "Let's see, kids,... who among you can tell me who Copernicus was?" "He was a bullfighter who was killed last year." "Good, very funny, Gabi, very funny." "Well then, Copernicus was..." "Gonzalo, can I talk with you for a minute?" "Sure." "Everyone shut up, please!" "What's up?" "It's Cardinal Mendoza's niece,... they've kidnapped her from the palace,... and arrested Martín,... ~ they think he did it ~ Martín?" "But it wasn't Martín." "I say a man enter the palace, and I'm sure it was him,... he's done something to the girl, my son can draw him." "Ready." "Thank God, Murillo!" "That's really good!" "Yeah, I did it." "Write it down, for God's sake, and for your mother and father's... the race is going to begin!" "~15 maravedíes." "~ And he keeps squawking about the maravedíes!" "Didn't I tell you that I've practically won this race,..." "I who was born on the back of a donkey?" "If you don't pay up, you can go where that donkey came from." "You're being so thick!" "Without the insults, all right!" "Ask me whatever you want, ask with that mouth,... except to give you my ass, whatever." "Francisco Pulido." "Cipri!" "Cipri!" "The legend, the legend is here!" "The legend no longer!" "Oh, no, he even has an agent!" "They say he's won races all over the world,... he even raced in Flanders!" "Flanders, Flanders..." "People talk too much, Cipri." "I wish I could see him win here!" "How can he not win!" "He has complete control of the donkey,... you should see how he handles the curves like with a horse!" "Pulido!" "Pulido, Pulido!" "I have to sign up before the race!" "Wait for me!" "Sign me up, in the name of God!" "~ García..." "~ Get out of here!" "~ Even though it's an animal, it's more thoughtful than you!" "~ Thoughtful..." "The gardener still won't talk." "Rip out his eyes if necessary... but get him to confess." "Irene has to reappear." "Trust me, Lucrecia." "It's finished." "I'm dead, Hernán." "Why do you say that, Lucrecia, what's the matter?" "The Cardinal returns from his trip this evening,... he wants to come to dinner." "I'll do everything possible to get her back before the Cardinal shows up." "If she's dead?" "Have you thought about that possibility?" "Cardinal Mendoza will be charmed to learn that we've allowed his niece to be killed." "Ma'am!" "~ What?" "~ You have to see this!" "What's that?" "The man who was in the palace, drawn by my son." "How dare you!" "Don't you even approach me again!" "Go away!" "My Martín didn't do it!" "It wasn't Martín, Margarita, it wasn't him." "I know, Catalina, you'll soon see they've nabbed the culprit." "Leave, Catalina,..." "I'll pick it up." "Pulido, Pulido!" "I'm your idol,..." "I follow you everywhere." "Did you see me in Italy?" "I couldn't go to Italy." "That was one hell of a race, oh, yeah!" "I couldn't go because I own an inn and you just caught me crazy-busy,... ~ But I'm your idol!" "~ Please,... ~ You have to back off." "~ Yeah, yeah, sure." "Good luck!" "But what did you want me to do, that I beg to you?" "Then I beg you and whatever else that may be necessary." "~ In Christian charity, sign me up!" "~ 15 maravedíes." "Please, don't you take the bread from my son's mouth --- sign me up!" "Sign him up." "Where did you get the money, ma'am?" "Sátur, don't worry about that now,... ~ Go on, register him." "~ Sign me up!" "Ready?" "Go!" "Go, go on!" "Go, Sátur!" "Go!" "Go, Sátur, run!" "Go, Sátur, run!" "Go, Sátur!" "Pulido!" "Pulido!" "The results of the great race:..." "Francisco Pulido, the town champion,..." "Ángel Corronseras... and Saturno García." "What did they say?" "Saturno García." "Saturno García." "~ What did they say?" "~ Saturno García!" "Nobody bother me until dinner time." "Come in." "I said no one could enter my office." "Eminence, only your niece has been here." "What do you bring over there?" "They just left this for you." "Ready my carriage,..." "I leave at once for the Marquesa de Santillana's palace." "What's that?" ""Your niece will suffer just as I have."" "That's all I've got." "Thanks." "Estuarda!" "Estuarda, wait!" "You bought a donkey?" "No, no, they lent it to me for a while,... because something's come up,..." "And if things work out, you won't have to be... ~ Like this." "~ Like what, Sátur?" "I said that if things go well,... and I'm sure they will,..." "I'll be able to get the money you need." "Wait for me here, son." "Don't put a lot of ideas into the boy's head... and don't promise Gabi anything that you can't deliver, you got that?" "Sátur!" "You got a donkey?" "Yeah, they lent it to me for a while." "Well, then, you ran the race." "Not just a race..." "And I did qualify for the championship, right?" "~ Really?" "~ Yes." "That's too cool, I've got to tell Gabi!" "No, no, you'd better say nothing,... let's not rush into things,..." "First we have to run the main event." "Sure." "Well, can I take it to the stable?" "Go on, off you go, slowly." "~ Right." "Let's go." "~ Let's go." "So this is about the donkey race." "You see, Master, they give a good prize to the winner,... and since my Estuarda and my Gabi need the money..." "So what else is new?" "The goldsmith has kidnapped Cardinal Mendoza's niece." "The goldsmith?" "The one who took the medallion?" "But what kind of interest could someone like that have in a cardinal's niece?" "I don't know, but we have to find her as soon as possible,... they've accused Martín of the kidnapping." "Don't worry, Master, I'll get your stuff ready and we'll head out on the mission." "Sátur!" "You better sit this one out,... you've got a race tomorrow." "Good luck." "How can I rest or not rest with what I'm facing!" "Coachman, faster!" "Let's go, at the gallop!" "Why did the goldsmith kidnap your niece?" "Why's he interested in her?" "Why are YOU interested in her?" "You should answer me if you want her found alive." "How do you know the goldsmith?" "I don't know him as such, just that he's an escaped mental patient." "Then you may not see her again." "He sent this to my residence." "Why hasn't he arrived?" "Well, because the Red Eagle doesn't always show up." "Can you imagine all the work he has?" "You can be sure that's he's out saving someone just now!" "So I won't move from here,... until he comes to talk with me." "I have to ask him to help us." "I'm not supposed to tell you anything, right?" "But Sátur is going to compete in the donkey race to win a prize." "He'll race to help us?" "And you can't imagine how great the donkey is,... tomorrow he's going to win for sure." "Yeah, but what if he doesn't?" "My Mom always said that the world belongs to the guys who aren't quitters,... which means something like if you really try to get something,... in the end you'll get something." "And you don't know how persistent Sátur can be!" "Do you think that the Red Eagle has flown once up to the moon?" "They say he lives there,... and that's why he's aware of everything,... because he watches from up there, look." "One of these days I'm going to ask him to take me to the moon." "Here, I've brought you a rich, rich dinner." "I would have brought along the donkey for celebrating tonight, but... that's not something to squander." "The donkey!" "They stole the donkey!" "Why do I have such rotten luck?" "!" "Why do I always get dumped on?" "!" "Sátur!" "Why are you shouting?" "Shouting, me?" "No, no, I was just fussing about with the donkey... to get its spirit up for the race tomorrow." "Let's let him rest." "Sure." "Sátur,..." "I don't want to make you nervous..." "What's up?" "Well, the money which I put up for the fee,..." "I stole it." "You stole it?" "From the Marquesa, and I'd better return it as soon as possible." "Woman...!" "I'll return it to you tomorrow." "Thanks a lot, Sátur." "Go on, go get some rest." "Murillo isn't stopping making portraits of the killer,... and I'll wallpaper the town if I have to until I find him." "You'll see you'll be out of here very soon." "Look for Irene, Aunt,... look for her." "It was my fault, for not telling her." "The fault's not yours, I got into this all by myself." "Open the door." "Get her out of here, I don't think she may want to see this." "Why, what are you going to do?" "Commissioner, please!" "Get out of here, go on!" "Please, please!" "I'm going to ask you one last time:... where is Irene?" "I don't know anything." "Blind people can still talk." "Commissioner, Cardinal Mendoza wants to see you." "What's going on here, commissioner?" "They've kidnapped my niece!" "You ought to be looking for her!" "We've already captured this ne'er-do-well,... and it's only a matter of time until he tells us where she is." "It's not him." "Your Eminence?" "It's not him, I tell you,... the one responsible is a disturbed mental patient." "How can you be so sure?" "He escaped from an insane asylum,... and he won't be satisfied just to kill her,... before that he'll make her suffer." "I don't understand who might want to hurt Irene." "There's nothing for you to understand!" "Get out of here as soon as possible and find him!" "Is that clear?" "!" "Yes?" "~ Master..." "~ Come on in, Sátur." "I'd..." "I'd like to ask you something." "One thing." "Let's hear it." "How come you never fail?" "I fail lots of times, Sátur,... much more than I'd like,... it's just that I don't give up." "Someone once said that it's not things that are difficult,... but that we make things difficult ourselves." "That's what I'd expect a philosopher to say, but they've never had to do a good day's work." "Lots of chat, but I'd like to see him in my skin!" "And that doll?" "The goldsmith sent that to the Cardinal,... and that's about all I've been able to find out." "As a doll it's all right but as a clue..." "You may not think so, if we can find the tree where the goldsmith carved this wood... then we know they went by there." "So, can you tell me how you'll do it,... because we're not going to examine each and every tree in the kingdom... to see which is missing that piece!" "There's one little detail,... you see these spots?" "It's a sickness,... trees with this infection can be spotted very easily,... we have it." "If you're sure, it's because a trail led you to another one, and so on, but..." "I simply don't see it." "To sum up, Sátur, we have to hit the woods as soon as possible." "~ Now?" "~ Yes, now." "But I can't, it's just ahead." "Agreed, come when you can." "Sátur?" "Sátur!" "Estuarda!" "You see?" "I told you he'd be here." "Good, I'm going to get washed." "Well..." "Gabi told me about the donkey race." "and I don't know what to say!" "Don't say anything, it's a thing of no importance." "We'll cheer you on." "Cheer --- me?" "No, you'd better not, if I see you there..." "I'll get dizzy." "No, don't cheer, please." "All right." "But be careful, so nothing happens to you." "Don't run much." "Run, I have to run, don't I?" "I, Felipe de Austria,... king of Spain,..." "I take you, Laura de Montignac,... as my lawful wedded spouse." "I promise to be faithful in good times and bad,... in health and in sickness,... to love and respect you from this day forward,... until death do us part." "Their royal highnesses Hernán, Gonzalo,... the rings." "Your Majesties, the royalty of Spain,... have declared their consent before the Church." "What God has brought together, let no man put asunder." "Soon I'll make our bond public and you'll live with me in the royal palace." "Keep going, Marchina." "Who are you, what do you want?" "Get off the donkey, Father,... and quickly." "And quickly, Father, dismount!" "If you're after money, I don't have any." "Not money, I want the donkey." "No, not the donkey!" "Then how do I get back to my monastery?" "Well, walk like everyone else." "Besides, you can't argue, I'm threatening you." "Get out of here." "We're off, let's go." "Father!" "Look, for God's sake,... he looks like Jesus Christ when he came down from the cross." "Oh, God, if my sister sees this!" "Relax, Catalina, he's very young, you'll see how soon he recuperates." "~ Irene, Irene, Irene..." "~ Don't speak." "Don't talk, Martín, take it easy." "I have to find Irene." "Martín, for God's sake!" "Calm down, son, you're not in shape to look for anybody." "She could be dead." "The commissioner's men are looking for her." "And if they don't find her?" "Martín, for God's sake!" "They've done little to you." "Catalina, if we don't find Irene alive, your nephew will pay with his life." "About something else: has anyone seen a black bag with money in it?" "Catalina, Margarita?" "No, ma'am." "Make sure that it shows up... and if I decide someone's suspicious, I'll cut off their hands myself... so that she never robs again." "Get him out of here!" "~ Aunt." "~ My dear." ""...trees with this infection can be spotted very easily,...""" "Sátur!" "Master, forgive the delay, but here in the woods there's no one to ask for directions." "Why did you come with a donkey?" "Never mind, I just had an outstanding issue to resolve,... and I didn't have time to detour to home." "Have you found something?" "The doll was made here,... out of these trees." "Are you all right?" "Yes, how about you?" "Then she should be around here somewhere?" "Where could she have gone?" "It won't be easy to discover,... not easy at all." "No, please, no!" "Please, leave me alone!" "Forgive me, please!" "Down!" "Master, didn't it just strike five?" "~ Yes." "~ It wouldn't have been four?" "No, Sátur, five." "By my skull!" "What's up?" "The donkey race, it's at six,... and we're closer to Teruel than to town." "Master, I know this is most important, but,..." "Go on, go." "Thanks." "Sátur,..." "Good luck." "Thanks, Master." ""I imagine that what you're going through there is awful,..." ""I only want you to know I haven't forgotten you,..." ""and I can't stop thinking about the time when we'll be back together again." ""I love you, Gonzalo."" "Margarita!" "Margarita, do you have that letter ready?" "~ No, not yet." "~ Well, hurry... the wagons with reinforcements won't wait to go on to Portugal." "Hi, Cipri." "~ Margarita?" "~ Hi." "Hey, what do we know about the Cardinal's niece?" "Nothing, gone without a trace, what could have become of the poor girl?" "I don't know." "Have we just heard only five bells?" "I should be 5 o'clock." "No, it couldn't be." "Did anything happen?" "There, back in the woods, I heard they sounded the 5 o'clock bells." "In the flat hill forest?" "There's just the church of San Francisco in there." "What happened with that church?" "It was abandoned more than 30 years ago." "No, please, no, why are you doing this to me?" "Why do you do this to me?" "I was locked up for more than 20 years,... but don't fret, I don't think your suffering will last more than an hour." "No, help!" "Help, help!" "No, help!" "You can bellow as much as you want, no one will hear you." "But I didn't do anything." "Help!" "I swear to you, I haven't done anything." "Don't bury me, my uncle will do whatever you want." "No, help!" "I didn't do anything!" "Neither did I!" "No, please, no!" "You don't have anything to do here...well, except if you're here to make us laugh." "Tend to your donkey, champ, you can't win a race with your tongue." "You must see that." "On your marks." "Set." "Pulido, Pulido!" "~ Congratulations." "~ Thanks." "Have you heard?" "The executioner just died." "Well, it'll be hard to find another one." "It's well paid, but no one wants the job..." "First place and champion!" "Well raced." "Thanks." "Could I ask a favor?" "Sir, we found it in the woods." "We looked everywhere but found nothing." "Go back and search better... check under every stone and don't come back without her." "Sir." "Your Eminence,..." "God wouldn't allow anything bad happen to someone like Irene." "God?" "Since when do you believe in God?" "Cardinal." "It's her ring." "They've cut off Irene's finger." "I assure you, your Eminence, that we'll find your niece, whatever the cost." "and I personally will guarantee a ruthless payback for whoever did this." "It would be better for you if she's returned alive." "It shocks you what they've done to Irene?" "You aren't starting to actually feel something for her, are you?" "Lucrecia." "You're sick." "Cipri!" "The soldiers still haven't come to collect all this?" "Not yet, you got back in time." "Take this, thanks." "Hi!" "~ Hi there." "~ Margarita." "Cipri, do you know anything yet about Sátur?" "Not a thing, still no news,..." "I've missed the race." "That ought to be...at least I saw "the legend" yesterday,..." "I relished the memory." "Cipri, you're still walking around with that apple --- throw it away, it's rotten!" "What did you say?" "Sátur, did you win?" "I knew it!" "But how did you beat Pulido?" "You?" "Don't, man, you cheated!" "How can it be that you defeated the town's champion?" "No, I didn't cheat, Cipri, I just beat him." "I won, I have the ribbon, right?" "I just won it." "Then you got the money, right?" "The money...they'll give me the money in a while." "After all, they have to reconcile their accounts,... do the calculations, the checking,... they'll surely pay me this very afternoon." "Well, I'd best cast on eye on my donkey, which I left out there..." "Well, hey, this should be celebrated, I'll go for a jug of wine." "I owe you one." "Never mind, just keep it,..." "I've got lots." "Thanks, Champion!" "Have a glass of wine, Sá..." "Father." "Hang on, put this on." "Sir,... we found her in the woods." "The finger isn't Irene's." "Son of a bitch!" "The boy was with her,... we haven't gotten him to talk." "~ Leave me alone with him." "~ Sir." "Relax, you'll be safe here." "Go on, drink something." "My sister!" "Who did this to your sister?" "Who did this to her?" "We were horsing around." "Where?" "Where were you playing?" "Next to the bell at San Francisco's." "Walk, and give thanks that you're still alive!" "Get out of here!" "Get the horses ready." "What do you want?" "Me?" "I came to look for work." "Work?" "Here?" "They told me there was a job opening in the position of executioner." "You haven't been here before?" "Me?" "Not in this life, God forbid!" "We Spaniards, we all seem so alike." "His Highness is Spanish?" "Experience?" "As an executioner?" "Well, yes, yes, yes." "Not as a professional, but... but yes, I've done my share of killing,..." "I've got a good insight into it..." "Come here." "Your uniform." "You start this very night." "Tonight?" "~ You have to kill..." "~ No, no, no..." "Don't give me the details, I won't let you down." "What's this?" "Until later." "Good, the money..." "The rest when you finish the job." "Be punctual,... now get out of my sight." "Again we meet." "Where's the girl?" "I don't believe you're really interested in killing me,... since I'm the only one who can tell you where the medallion is." "Right now I'm only concerned with the girl,... what have you done with her, where is she?" "We'll finish her off slowly." "Tomorrow I'll give you what's missing." "Thanks, Sátur." "Sátur,..." "I don't know, now that you're the town champion,... could you show me how to ride a donkey." "Go on, head on home." "The people of the town should know... that the following convicts will be hanged... by the new executioner this evening in the town square:..." "Lucas Almerón Escudero,..." "Antonio Zumaya Esquivías,..." "Cristóbal Cascajares Parejo,..." "Andrés Zavala Rincón,..." "Manuel Ugalde Tamayo,..." "Who could want a job like that, Sátur?" "I don't know --- someone who needs it a lot?" "I'd rather die of hunger than be a murderer." "What have you done with Irene?" "Who are you?" "Quiet down, you're fine, you're safe." "You're the Red Eagle?" "Look into everything." "They'll catch you." "Irene!" "Irene, are you all right?" "Get me out of here, please." "In the name of piety!" "This is like cutting firewood,... a deep breath, and down." "Like that!" "The worst thing is being hesitant,... since the tendons won't be cut." "~ Yes, sir." "~ Well, put on the hood, let's get to it!" "On the way." "Where are you going?" "It's this cap, it covers my eyes so I can't see." "Go on, pull it up, up, and climb up there." "Have mercy, they're innocent!" "They're all yours." "Please, please!" "I'm innocent!" "Please, I'm innocent!" "Sorry, buddy, but I'm doing this for my family." "Mercy, mercy!" "Red Eagle!" "Sátur!" "Thanks, Catalina." "You may leave, Catalina." "Ma'am." "Your Eminence." "Irene, daughter." "How are you?" "If the commissioner hadn't arrived I don't know what would have become of me." "This wretch will pay for what he did." "You don't have to worry, your Eminence,... the goldsmith is already dead." "It should have happened much earlier." "My girl,... where's the item you took from my desk?" "I don't know, Uncle." "You have to remember, it's very important." "I don't know,..." "I was wearing it when I was kidnapped,..." "I must have lost it." "You lost it?" "Well, it hardly matters now that Irene is safe and well,... isn't that right, your Eminence?" "Yes, in effect,... the important thing is that she's safe." "I'm going to the garden to take some air, Uncle." "I'll go with you." "You would have done it if I hadn't shown up?" "You, for your family, how many times have you killed?" "I'm desperate, Master, I don't know anything else." "I don't want the only family I have to die of hunger, you understand?" "Sátur, don't say that." "I'm sorry I haven't given you all the attention you need." "The kid covers everything with this rubbish." "Then he says he has no paper to do his homework." ""I just want you to know..." ""I haven't forgotten you,..." ""I love you,..." ""a blot, Juan."" "This letter is from Margarita." "Sátur, don't read it, it's private in the blot?" "Throw it into the fire." "Master, you know I'm naturally curious,... and when my curiosity is piqued, I can't help myself." ""I love you, Gonzalo!"" "Here she wrote "I love, Gonzalo"." "She wrote it clearly, check it out." "It's what the heart feels, Master,... and the head can't overrule that." "Hi." "Hi." "Wow, such things you men are,... showing up in the wee small hours!" "~ Good night." "~ Good night." "Well, now what?" "Do I burn it or not?" "Give it to me." "Master, with your permission, I'll go to the straw mattress... it's been quite a day, what with harvesting shit, riding a donkey, and nearly slicing through a neck..." "I need a night to myself." "~ May God watch over you." "~ Sleep well, Sátur." ""When the clouds cover the sun,..." ""and the way defeats your feet..."" "I don't yield to blackmail." "The third infantry company." "That's Juan's outfit." "He fell into the hands of the Portuguese." "I seek the hand of your niece Irene." "You shouldn't drink so early." "Your Majesty, please don't let these men die!" "Who dares say to the king that he has to do anything?" "!" "~ You're jealous." "~ To be jealous I'd have to love you." "Martín, what have you done?" "Tell me that didn't happen." "They attacked the relief column of supplies for the Portuguese soldiers... it was the Red Eagle." "I want his head." "~ Sátur!" "~ Master!" "How are we going to hide this?" "You're a whore!" "How have you been hurt, Sátur,... are you injured?" "May God take him into His glory."