:17:01
and gorged themselves
on my seed melons one year.
:17:04
Oh, but God punished us, Don Miguel. We
were visited by the father of all bellyaches.
:17:10
But he's ripe for more
than boyish pranks now, Alejandro.
:17:13
- I feel good muscle here.
- Arms, muscle. You men!
:17:17
Madre de Dios, is he without a face?
:17:19
Can't you see he's even better-looking
than when he leFT?
:17:22
You should've seen me
when I approached the Spanish throne.
:17:25
I looked like a frightened gopher.
:17:27
More like a young angel, I'm sure.
:17:30
An angel, that's what we need
in California now.
:17:33
- An angel with a flaming sword.
- Please don't start that.
:17:36
- He didn't come home to get himself killed.
- Hold your tongue. Go to your women.
:17:40
Leave my son to me. Sit down, Diego.
:17:46
- What is all this, Father?
- Well, I am no longer alcalde.
:17:50
- In my place is a man...
- In his place sits a viper so foul and black...
:17:56
Ah, to be alone with him for five minutes,
five little minutes!
:17:59
Long enough to tear his windpipe
out of his throat.
:18:03
God forgive me.
:18:05
- Why did you resign in the first place?
- I was forced out of office.
:18:09
They threatened to burn
the homes ofthe peons.
:18:11
- And now he sits here doing nothing, when...
- Enough, Felipe. Enough.
:18:16
The friar urges me to lead the caballeros
in a revolt which would surely fail
:18:20
against a garrison oftrained soldiers.
:18:22
Even if I thought it would succeed, I'd refuse.
:18:25
- But why, Father?
- Because the law is the law, my son.
:18:29
I won't rebel against a government
I served for 30 years.
:18:31
But that government is now vile and corrupt.
:18:34
I know, but two wrongs don't make a right,
and never will.
:18:38
- That is my feeling also.
- Sometimes, one must fight fire with fire.
:18:43
I am a Vega. I will not follow
the lawless footsteps of Luis Quintero.
:18:48
- Nor will my son.
- No. No, no, of course not, Father.
:18:52
Oh, by the way, I went directly
from the ship to our old home.
:18:56
I met Señor Quintero and his charming wife.
I found them very pleasant and agreeable.