1:24:01
I prefer to rule.
1:24:03
I don't quarrel with your choice, Maria.
1:24:05
You have your song...
1:24:07
and I have my scepter.
1:24:09
Now sing us one that is gay.
1:24:22
Don Alvarez, is your business so urgent...
1:24:24
that it must intrude
upon my few moments of diversion?
1:24:27
Your Grace, I have just had
a communication from Spain...
1:24:30
that I feel sure
will command your interest.
1:24:33
It concerns the privateer Geoffrey Thorpe.
1:24:37
What about him?
1:24:38
While attempting a raid
on the Panama treasure caravan...
1:24:40
he was captured by Spanish troops...
1:24:43
and is now a condemned prisoner
on one of His Majesty's galleys.
1:24:57
My child.
1:25:00
I'm all right, Uncle.
1:25:04
Your pardon, Majesty.
1:25:05
Say no more, my dear. I quite understand.
1:25:09
You may take Maria to her rooms.
Stay with her as long as she needs you.
1:25:13
My thanks, Your Grace.
1:25:15
You may go, all of you.
1:25:23
Don Alvarez, it appears your news
concerns your niece more than it does me.
1:25:27
Your Grace,
I would have spared her had I known.
1:25:30
Your arrow hit the wrong mark.
1:25:33
As for myself...
1:25:35
I regret Capt. Thorpe's fate
because he is a brave man.
1:25:38
But he is a privateer,
and privateers must take their own risks.
1:25:45
Then, Your Grace, I must speak bluntly.
1:25:48
My sovereign is not convinced
that Capt. Thorpe risked so much...
1:25:51
merely for his own gain.
1:25:52
No? Then perhaps you can suggest
a more likely motive.
1:25:56
Your Grace will recall
she released Thorpe...
1:25:58
after his attack upon my ship...