All language subtitles for EPISODE 20 ÔÇô Agent of the Eagle

l am Sergeant Demetrio Lopez Garcia.

Do l have the honor
of addressing Don Juan Ortega,

the new Comandante
for the pueblo de Los Angeles?

Si, Sergeant.
Are you my reception committee?

Si, Capitan.

We decided against
calling attention to your arrival

due to the danger involved.

That was very wise.

l understand the last Comandante
was shot and killed

-the same day he reported for duty.
-Si.

We had no sooner said hello
than it was time to say goodbye.

l was supposed to meet you
at San Pedro Harbor

when your ship arrived
from Monterey, but...

-But what, Sergeant?
-A thousand pardons, Comandante.

You see, l am one of those unfortunates
who suffers from seasickness.

But you were only to meet the ship,
not sail aboard it.

l know, Capitan, but the mere sight
of the ocean makes me ill.

Even talking about it.

Why should the ocean make you ill?

lt is gentle, like rocking a baby.

Si. Have you not heard it said,

''Rocked in the cradle of the deep,

''over the gentle ocean waves.'' Eh?

All right, Sergeant, let us
proceed on our way to Los Angeles,

in a direction away from...

May l say the word ''ocean''?

Please, Comandante.

-Rosarita.
-Don Diego!

How nice to see you!

Nice to see you.
Are you still in Monterey?

Yes. Father has a ranch there now.
l doubt if we'll ever move again.

What brings you to Los Angeles?

l arrived yesterday
for a short visit with my uncle.

-Did you have a nice trip?
-lt was very interesting.

l traveled by ship
as far as Santa Barbara.

Uncle's carriage met me there
and brought me to his hacienda.

You know, l would not
have believed it possible,

but you are even
more lovely than l remember.

lt still is Senorita?

Well, what is wrong with the men
in Monterey, they must be blind.

Diego!
Have you forgotten our childhood vows?

Vows?

That we would marry
when we grew up?

Of course, we were very young then.

-Of course.
-Diego, l was wondering...

My uncle has invited
a few friends in for the evening,

a few dignitaries,
but mostly people l used to know.

Would you care to stop by?

Rosarita, in the whole wide world,

there is nothing
l would like better than that.

-This evening then, about 8:00?
-About 8:00.

-Adios.
-Adios.

Your pardon, Father. l, uh... Well...

l understand. She is charming,
Diego, most charming.

-Shall we have some wine?
-Fine, fine.

Two glasses of wine, please.

Who is the young lady? Anyone l know
or soon will know?

Rosarita Cortez.
You recall her father, Domingo Cortez.

A fine family, good blood.
You could do much worse.

Aren't you rushing it a little bit, Father?

l've hardly spoken a dozen words
to the young lady in ten years.

Gracias.

-Salud.
-Salud.

What brings you to the pueblo
in the heat of the afternoon?

Oh, l've good news, Diego.

l've received a letter from my friend
in Monterey, Father Hernando.

-You have heard me speak of him?
-Many times.

He wrote concerning the
new Comandante, Don Juan Ortega.

Oh, he's expected to arrive today.

l have been afraid this new one would
succeed no better than the others.

Listen,
this is what Father Hernando says.

''Don Juan Ortega is a good man.

''Kindly and fair
in his dealings with others.''

That is good news.

Clear the way!

Make way for His Excellency,
Don Juan Ortega,

our new Comandante
of the pueblo de Los Angeles!

Get out of the way, you stupid fool!

He was only trying to help,
Comandante.

You mind your own business!
Open the gates!

Si, Comandante. Open the gates.

Open the gates!

Father Hernando says
our new Comandante's a kindly man?

Let's not be too hasty in our judgment.

He may be tired from the trip
and not his usual self.

Well? Who is it?

Sergeant Garcia.
May l come in, please?

Yes. Come in.

Senor Magistrado, our new
Comandante, Don Juan Ortega, is here.

Show him in.

Comandante?

The Magistrado
of the pueblo de Los Angeles,

His Excellency Carlos Galindo.

Sergeant Garcia, don't you think you've
played Comandante long enough?

Perhaps, you'd better
wait for me downstairs, Sergeant.

You have your identification papers,
Comandante?

This is all?

Might l, uh, inquire
what happened to the real Ortega?

He fell overboard shortly
after the ship left Santa Barbara.

How unfortunate.

The poor devil, he was wearing a length
of chain around his neck at the time.

Went straight to the bottom.

And this unfortunate accident,

-was it entered in the ship's log?
-The captain also carries a feather.

Good.

Magistrado, tell me.

Our leader, the one who calls
himself the Eagle, have you met him?

He's a man of mystery. Not even
his most trusted agents know who he is.

Does it not seem strange to you

that if we are caught and hanged,
he is in the clear?

Would it make
your hanging more pleasant

to know his neck is in the noose also?

lt just seems strange to me,
that is all.

He pays well, doesn't he?

You like the money?

He pays well, l do not deny that.

Then l would suggest, Comandante,

you restrain your curiosity
and also your criticism.

l am afraid the Eagle
would not appreciate them.

Word has come,
the Eagle is disappointed

with the situation in Los Angeles.

He is not getting enough money,

the people are not demoralized and
this outlaw, Zorro, is still at large.

l've been cursed with a succession
of incompetent Comandantes.

What l need is a strong and able man
to whip this pueblo into shape.

Magistrado, that is why l am here.

lt will not be easy. There is not a great
deal of money among the peons.

We must find out who has it and devise
a scheme to get it away from them.

l have managed to do this before
and never found it difficult.

l'm afraid you will find there are
problems here peculiar to Los Angeles.

l have no desire to remain in your
charming pueblo for any length of time.

The longer l am here, the more chance
there is someone will recognize me.

May l suggest,
as soon as l am settled in my quarters,

we start making definite plans?

Sergeant Garcia
will show you to your quarters.

Unfortunately,
l will be busy this evening.

Perhaps we can get together
first thing in the morning.

A wonderful reception, Rosarita.

l'm so glad you came, Diego.

All of this would
have gone on without me,

had it not been for our
chance meeting in the plaza.

lf we had not chanced to meet, we
would have chanced to meet elsewhere.

Ever since l left Monterey l've been
looking forward to seeing you again.

Ah, it is wonderful
to be young again, is it not?

Especially on nights
that are made for romance.

Are there other kinds of nights?

l'm sure you have things to talk about

and don't welcome
the intrusion of an old man.

My apologies, Senorita.

You know, l could establish myself
as an unwelcome guest

if l completely monopolize you, but...

-Do you mind?
-Not at all.

But it is such a warm evening.

l think l would like something
to quench my thirst.

Allow me.

Why are neither of you dancing?

lt was good of your uncle
to invite us, Senorita.

But, uh, we do not belong
with people like these.

lt is nice just to sit here
and listen to the music.

You are my uncle's guests
in my uncle's home.

lf he did not want you,
he wouldn't have invited you.

And since you are here,
he'd want you to enjoy his hospitality.

Oh, but we are enjoying it, Senorita.

l have been looking for you.
May l have the honor of this dance?

l'm so sorry, Don Carlos,
but here is Diego with the refreshments.

My apologies, Senor.
Would you care to join us?

l'm sure you remember
Franco Barbaroza and his daughter?

Unfortunately, my work keeps me
involved with all classes of people.

l prefer to keep
my social life more restricted.

You will excuse us, Senorita.

l think we will get
some refreshments also.

lt is a great thing to be
of proud birth, is it not, Senor?

lt is a noble thing, Diego.
One should not forget it.

Oh, l agree with you most heartily.

The only trouble
is all the credit goes to our ancestors.

Real pride belongs to people who can
make something of themselves.

ls this what you learn
from reading books, Diego?

Also from observing people.

Take a man like Franco Barbaroza.

He started with almost nothing,
just a mud hut and some public land.

He started as nothing,
and so far as l'm concerned,

he will always be nothing.

Just the same,
he now owns a splendid herd of cattle

and he's built a fine home
for his family.

You may not believe this, Don Carlos,
but in the last year,

Franco Barbaroza has sold almost
as many hides as has my father.

Look across the dance floor.

You may find many people here
who boast of nobler blood,

but you'll find no one who has acquired
more by his own honest efforts.

This l did not know.

-Do you or do you not understand?
-l do not.

lt has always been told to us
that we could live on the king's land,

that we could improve it
and someday it would belong to us.

This has all been changed.

But why should l be arrested?
l didn't do anything wrong.

l understand you started with nothing.

A mud hut on the king's land.

So everything you have acquired
belongs to the king.

Now all we ask is 5,000 pesos.

This is not fair
and l will never pay it!

You will pay it or you'll
soon wish you had.

Well?

l sentence you to six months
at hard labor. Take him away.

A beautiful woman coming here?
Well, show her in.

Diego, l'm so glad you're home.

-Rosarita.
-You must come with me!

-Why?
-l've been to the pueblo.

-They've arrested Franco Barbaroza.
-Why, what did he do?

Nothing. lt's some ridiculous charge
of poaching on the king's land.

-Just a minute.
-We don't have time to talk!

Come, my carriage is at the door.

Later.

Diego, you must
do something immediately.

This may be difficult. The Magistrado's
a hard man to convince.

l shall have a talk with him.
Perhaps he will listen to reason.

The man in question
was found guilty of trespassing

and he refused to pay his fine,

so consequently, l was forced to
sentence him to six months' hard labor.

No matter what his crime was,

he should not be whipped
and treated like an animal!

Senorita Cortez,

a lady of your position should not
interest herself in such things.

l realize that the punishment
of criminals sometimes seems harsh,

but how else can we protect society

from thieves
and murderers who prey on us?

Begging your pardon, Senor.

But Franco Barbaroza's crime
is not one of thievery or murder.

l fail to comprehend
that he has committed any crime.

Ah, Don Diego,
you know my business better than l?

You have changed
from reading poetry to books of law?

Every ranchero in California
has for years lived on the king's land.

lf Franco Barbaroza is guilty,
a hundred others are equally guilty.

Exactly.

And they are being arrested
as rapidly as we can round them up.

Does our new Comandante agree
with this treatment?

-He is here to bring law and order.
-Whose law?

l would suggest, Don Diego,

that you refrain from interfering
with the administration of justice

in this pueblo.

Rosarita, l guess there's
not much more we can do.

ls that the best you can do?

-Perhaps if l wrote to the governor...
-Write a letter?

lf l were a man, l would do something,

and it wouldn't be writing a letter!

Rosarita, l know how you must feel...

What happened to you?

When you were a boy you wouldn't
have stood by while a man was tortured.

You're not half the man you were
when you were only ten years old!

No more credit, Sergeant.

Ah, amigos!

Well, if it isn't the Sergeant himself.

l happened to be passing by when
l saw you in here. l said to myself,

''My good friends
would never forgive me

''if l did not stop
and have wine with them.''

You are mistaken, Sergeant.
We could have easily forgiven you.

Well, at least
we must drink to the success

of your new venture
here in Los Angeles.

This is excellent, amigos. Excellent.

lt would taste even better
if one paid for it himself.

Next time it will be my turn to buy.

l expect to become wealthy quite soon.

Oh? How?

See that notice up there?

Hey!

Tonight l will capture Zorro
and claim the reward.

You? Capture that outlaw?

Of course,
l have a plan that cannot fail.

Tonight, when Zorro comes to the
grist mill to rescue Senor Barbaroza,

l will be hidden in the enclosure.

When Zorro appears,
l will step forth and capture him.

Zorro will try to rescue the prisoner?

Oh, l am certain of it.

Whenever there is an offense
against the people, Zorro rides.

Usually at night
when others are asleep.

Leon...

Leon, possibly the Sergeant
would like a little more wine, eh?

-Oh, but certainly.
-Gracias, amigos. Gracias.

Of course

what l have just told you
must not be repeated.

Far be it for me to discourage you,

but l don't think your plan
has a chance of succeeding.

Si. Zorro is no fool.

He will know someone will
expect him to make the rescue attempt.

He is not so stupid
as to walk into such an obvious trap.

You do not know Zorro. He will come.

Think of the danger, Sergeant.
Zorro might kill you.

l do not think he would do that.
He has never done it before.

Please, Senor,
can't you hold your glass still?

lt is making waves like the...
Like the you know what.

-Like the what?
-Like the...

-You know, the...
-You mean, uh,

like the ocean waves?

Please, Roberto,
it is not necessary to call it by name.

You should overcome
your fear of the ocean, Sergeant.

You know, Sergeant, uh,

there is nothing more wonderful than
a wonderful ocean voyage on a ship.

Riding on the beautiful

ocean waves.

Please, amigos.

For my own sake, please...

We will take care of you, Sergeant.

Amigos, what...

We want to keep the Sergeant here for
the night. lt's a joke, you know, eh?

-l don't think l should permit it.
-Oh?

But, being only human,
l am always open to persuasion.

-l am persuaded.
-Good.

Leon! Roberto!
lt's all right now. l feel all right.

Let me out now! Please!

We will take over now.
Go get yourself some sleep.

Well, Roberto,
get yourself some sleep too.

l will stay here all alone and see
that the two-legged mule grinds wheat.

Good night, Leon.
See you in the morning.

We'll take over.
You go back to the barracks, eh?

Zorro, look out!

Out of the way, Roberto!

Gracias, amigo. Muchas gracias.

Get as far away from here as you can,
as fast as you can.

Gracias, amigo.

Zorro!

Sergeant Garcia!

Bring on the lancers!
Bring on the lancers!

Coming, Comandante!

Bring on the lancers!

Let me never again hear of you
putting a man to do a mule's work,

or it will be
the last order you ever give.

Adios, Comandante.

Comandante! Oh, there you are.

You wanted something, Comandante?

No, l did not want a thing.

You have let Senor Barbaroza
go to bed.

That is good, Comandante.

l was right. Zorro was here.

Comandante, that is just
what l said would happen.