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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...
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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.
:35:00
Your arrow hit the wrong mark.
:35:04
As for myself...
:35:06
I regret Capt. Thorpe's fate
because he is a brave man.
:35:09
But he is a privateer,
and privateers must take their own risks.
:35:16
Then, Your Grace, I must speak bluntly.
:35:18
My sovereign is not convinced
that Capt. Thorpe risked so much...
:35:22
merely for his own gain.
:35:23
No? Then perhaps you can suggest
a more likely motive.
:35:26
Your Grace will recall
she released Thorpe...
:35:29
after his attack upon my ship...
:35:31
and that on the heels of this offense
she allowed the Albatross to sail...
:35:34
presumably to trade in Egypt.
:35:37
Am I to be held accountable
for Captain Thorpe's change of mind?
:35:40
Thorpe never intended any project
but the one he undertook...
:35:44
although by now he might wish he had.
:35:46
You weary me with your implications.
Come to the point.
:35:49
I regret that the point
is not an agreeable one.
:35:52
From the circumstances I've mentioned,
my sovereign is forced to infer...
:35:55
that Capt. Thorpe
had the approval of Your Majesty...
:35:58
in an overt act of war
upon the empire of Spain.