: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.
:36:00
Don Alvarez!
:36:04
Do you question my word?
:36:06
Unfortunately my government
cannot reconcile your words...
:36:10
with the acts of your subjects.
:36:12
Then let Phillip infer what he pleases.
:36:15
I will not be held accountable
to Phillip for my actions...
:36:17
or for those of my people.
:36:24
In that case...
:36:25
I'm instructed to serve official notice
upon Your Majesty...
:36:28
that the honor of Spain requires...
:36:31
that you will immediately disband
and imprison the Sea Hawks...
:36:35
or face the consequences of an open
conflict between our two nations.
:36:38
What are you saying?
Do you dare come to me with threats?
:36:42
Out of my court before I order your arrest!
:36:56
Remove that man's portrait from my sight.