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My son. My baby.
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Mother.
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- Hello, María.
- (in Spanish) I'm so happy to see you.
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Good old Juan, fat as ever.
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Hello, Manuel. And José. Where's Father?
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In the study with Fray Felipe.
Come, he's longing to see you.
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- Take Don Diego's things to his room.
- Sí, señora.
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I tell you, these conditions
are beyond bearing.
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This whole district, from the hills
ofVerdugo to the shores of Del Rey,
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is a stench in the nostrils of heaven.
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- I know, I know.
- You know, yes, but what do you do about it?
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- Nothing.
- What can...? Diego!
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- Ah, Father.
- Diego.
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My boy.
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Padre.
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Welcome back to your home
and my heart, Diego.
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- Oh, Padre, I've missed your wise counsel.
- Not too greatly, I suspect.
:16:51
You remember Don Miguel and Don José?
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- Señores.
- Have you returned to steal more melons?
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Melons?
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This scamp and my scapegrace son
crept into my garden
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and gorged themselves
on my seed melons one year.
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Oh, but God punished us, Don Miguel. We
were visited by the father of all bellyaches.
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But he's ripe for more
than boyish pranks now, Alejandro.
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- I feel good muscle here.
- Arms, muscle. You men!
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Madre de Dios, is he without a face?
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Can't you see he's even better-looking
than when he leFT?
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You should've seen me
when I approached the Spanish throne.
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I looked like a frightened gopher.
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More like a young angel, I'm sure.
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An angel, that's what we need
in California now.
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- An angel with a flaming sword.
- Please don't start that.
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- He didn't come home to get himself killed.
- Hold your tongue. Go to your women.
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Leave my son to me. Sit down, Diego.
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- What is all this, Father?
- Well, I am no longer alcalde.
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- In my place is a man...
- In his place sits a viper so foul and black...
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Ah, to be alone with him for five minutes,
five little minutes!
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Long enough to tear his windpipe
out of his throat.