:50:02
Yes, of course I may.
I felt from the moment we met that we...
:50:10
Diego, Esteban is urging me to leave
my husband and go to Spain with him.
:50:15
- Oh, but my dear, no.
- But I'm dying here.
:50:18
Go to Spain, but not with Esteban.
:50:21
With whom, then, Diego?
:50:25
- With your husband.
- My husband?
:50:28
- Go to romantic, beautiful Spain with Luis?
- Well, let me explain.
:50:32
As the wife ofthe one-time alcalde
of Los Angeles, you'd be received at court.
:50:37
But as the companion
of a second-rate soldier offortune,
:50:41
- you'd be completely ostracised.
- Oh, I see.
:50:44
But Luis at court, imagine.
:50:46
But, in Spain, the husbands of
adorable ladies are merely background.
:50:50
- But I'd be lost among so many.
- Not you.
:50:53
You'd need only one "friend"
to introduce you into the proper circles.
:50:56
But I have no such friend in Madrid.
:51:00
Who knows? I don't intend
to remain in California for ever.
:51:04
Oh, Diego.
:51:13
- What you suggest is utterly impossible.
- I'll give the girl a dowry of 20,000 pesos.
:51:18
- No.
- 25,000.
:51:20
Are you buying my son, Señor Quintero?
:51:23
- There's the practical side to consider.
- It doesn't enter into this.
:51:27
You come here on a friendly mission
with half a company oftroops. Why?
:51:30
Not to threaten you, Don Alejandro.
It's because ofthis Zorro.
:51:34
Zorro is only a symptom. This whole district
is bleeding under your vile administration.
:51:39
I won't condone it by marriage
between our families.
:51:41
- In that case, my friendly attitude will cease.
- Buenas tardes, Excellency.
:51:47
What is all this fatiguing turmoil about?
:51:49
His Excellency has offered a marriage
between his niece Lolita and you, Diego.
:51:53
His niece? How flattering.
:51:56
But why should that
cause an argument on a hot day like this?