:33:15
Beautiful.
:33:19
But are all Spanish songs so sad,
my child?
:33:22
Only those that speak of love, Your Grace.
:33:25
You speak of it eloquently, my dear.
:33:27
I daresay each of us must choose
between loving a man or ruling him.
:33:32
I prefer to rule.
:33:34
I don't quarrel with your choice, Maria.
:33:36
You have your song...
:33:38
and I have my scepter.
:33:40
Now sing us one that is gay.
:33:53
Don Alvarez, is your business so urgent...
:33:55
that it must intrude
upon my few moments of diversion?
:33:58
Your Grace, I have just had
a communication from Spain...
:34:01
that I feel sure
will command your interest.
:34:04
It concerns the privateer Geoffrey Thorpe.
:34:07
What about him?
:34:09
While attempting a raid
on the Panama treasure caravan...
:34:11
he was captured by Spanish troops...
:34:14
and is now a condemned prisoner
on one of His Majesty's galleys.
:34:28
My child.
:34:31
I'm all right, Uncle.
:34:35
Your pardon, Majesty.
:34:36
Say no more, my dear. I quite understand.
:34:40
You may take Maria to her rooms.
Stay with her as long as she needs you.
:34:44
My thanks, Your Grace.
:34:46
You may go, all of you.
:34:54
Don Alvarez, it appears your news
concerns your niece more than it does me.
:34:58
Your Grace,
I would have spared her had I known.