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Turn him around.

You Iike the taste of it, oId man?

Do you want some more?

No, Capitan Briones. PIease, no.

Then teII me.

Where is Joaquin Castenada?

TeII me!

I do not know. PIease.

You do know. Every peon knows.

Where is Joaquin Castenada?

I do not know. I toId you, I do not know. PIease.

Turn him around again.

Zorro.

- And I suppose Zorro got away? - S�, Senor Rico.

- And the peon too? - S�.

Can't you do anything right?

- My men are Iooking for the oId man. - Don't waste your time.

He's gone to the hiIIs with the rest of them.

HaIf the peons of Monterey have gone into those hiIIs

and you can't find any of them.

- Senor Rico-- - Now, you hear me, capitan.

I want Joaquin Castenada, and I want him dead.

Enter.

What are you doing here? I toId you to stay with the governor.

I've been with the governor, capitan.

I rode ahead to teII you.

He's just behind me with Don AIejandro de Ia Vega.

I knew that meddIing oId fooI de Ia Vega went somewhere. So that was it.

- What wiII we do now? - That wiII be aII.

WeII, we knew he couIdn't stay in the Santa Barbara IsIands forever.

AII I wanted was a modeI state to show him when he returned.

The changes I made weren't too drastic.

They weren't, ExceIIency, they were good changes.

They must have been. Look at the resuIts.

And now I have an uprising on my hands.

I issue an order, and what happens?

These peons wait untiI Castenada teIIs them whether or not they shouId obey it.

He is the Ieader of the peons.

We couId take the credit for that too, can't we, capitan?

We made him their Ieader.

You and I and those moronic apes you caII the especial guards.

- And Joaquin Castenada? - I stiII want him dead.

If we make an exampIe of him,

the peons wiII be afraid to say a word against me to the governor.

This way, we may both get out of this thing with a whoIe skin.

Senor Rico, the governor is here.

- Ah, Your ExceIIency. WeIcome back. - Thank you.

How was the hunting?

I didn't get a chance to find out.

Must be the middIe of the night.

- Oh, it's-- It's 10:00, ExceIIency. - Oh.

WeII, now, what's this aII about? AIejandro de Ia Vega came running after me.

He said you were in some sort of troubIe with the peons.

- WeII, yes, ExceIIency. They are in revoIt. - RevoIt? Against what?

Why are you wearing that armband, capitan?

Didn't Senor de Ia Vega teII you?

It's a form of recognition for the more deserving troops.

It makes an exceIIent substitute for a raise in pay.

It's a good idea. If they accept it.

WeII, now, about the revoIt. From the beginning.

WeII, the beginning was very simpIe, ExceIIency.

Just a matter of sanitation.

Those stands the peons had erected in the pIaza to seII food,

they were becoming more fiIthy by the day.

I beIieve you mentioned something about it yourseIf, ExceIIency,

just before you Ieft.

I did? I don't remember. Go on.

WeII, I ordered the peons to cIean them up.

Just to cIean them up?

Senor de Ia Vega said you ordered them torn down.

WeII, Senor de Ia Vega is mistaken.

What I said was, cIean them up or tear them down.

Fair enough. Go on.

WeII, a vaquero by the name of Joaquin Castenada--

He was probabIy just Iooking for a IittIe excitement. You know how vaqueros are.

WeII, he suddenIy attacked the guards. We arrested him, of course.

Then this Zorro came aIong and heIped him to escape.

- Zorro? RICO: Yes.

Capitan Briones was wounded trying to stop him.

WeII, the peons have made this Joaquin Castenada into something of a hero.

They can't see he's mereIy trying to stir them into revoIt.

And this is your probIem?

Uh, s�, Your ExceIIency.

WeII, sit down. Let's see if we can't figure out

some way to capture this Joaquin Castenada.

Uh... S�.

EIeven o'cIock.

On this caIm and peacefuI night.

And aII's weII.

Joaquin. I think Senor Rico has gone to sIeep now.

Good. Then we'II wake him up.

Are you reaIIy going to go through with this?

If I have to do it aIone.

You, peons. What are you doing there?

Come back, I say. Come back. You can't Ieave this cart here.

Guards! Guards!

Fire. Fire.

Zorro did it again.

Every time I turn around, he stops me.

He's the best friend you'II ever have.

He's doing us a favor.

If that powder had bIown up, we'd be in more troubIe than we couId get out of.

That's what I have tried to teII you.

No one asked you to come with me.

If you are afraid, why don't you find somepIace to hide?

I am sorry, my friend. I did not mean it that way.

Come, Iet us both go back to camp.

Buenas noches.

- Joaquin. - Castenada.

HaIt!

Zorro.

ZORRO: Let's permit Joaquin to escape, shaII we, sergeant?

You forget, Senor Zorro, I am a soIdier. En garde.

Very weII, sergeant, if you insist. En garde.

Uh... You too, stupid.

En garde.

It's getting Iate. WouId you excuse me, corporaI, sergeant?

Zorro has disappeared again, corporaI. He aIways--

What is wrong with you?

It's not me, sergeant. It's you. Pft, pft, pft.

No, ho, ho.

My father. He's returned? Good.

Oh, he thinks I'm sIeeping?

WeII, that wiII save some expIanations.

In the morning, the first thing, he wiII want me to go with him to the governor's office.

So I'd better get back to my room in time to wake up.

The governor is expecting us, capitan.

Of course, Don AIejandro.

- Buenas diaz, senores. - Buenas diaz.

AIejandro. Diego. It's good to see you again.

- Your ExceIIency. - Sit down. Sit down.

- Oh, pIease aIIow me, Don AIejandro. - Gracias, Senor Rico.

Senor Rico has been expIaining some things that happened during my absence.

It seems we have the makings of a first-cIass rebeIIion on our hands.

Your ExceIIency. If things continue as they are,

it might very weII Iead to that.

Now, this Joaquin Castenada is the biggest troubIemaker, I understand.

If you'II permit me to--

Now, Senor Rico, has made what I think is a very good suggestion.

He thinks that before I take any action,

I shouId invite young Castenada

to come in under a fIag of truce and taIk things over.

- Senor Rico thought of this? - Yes, he did.

And I, for one, think that it is an exceIIent suggestion.

I don't Iike to make any decisions when I've onIy heard one side of the story.

You are perfectIy right.

I think that such a meeting might be the soIution to the whoIe probIem.

Good. See that word is sent to Joaquin Castenada.

If he wiII ride in under a fIag of truce, no harm wiII come to him.

At once, ExceIIency.

What happened? Did it work?

Yes. The governor's going to do what we couId not.

He's going to bring Joaquin Castenada out into the open,

where we can kiII him.

Because he beIieves that such a meeting

wiII heIp cIear up some of the situations that have been disturbing the peons.

- Have you heard the news, Don Diego? - What news, sergeant?

The governor has given his word

that if Joaquin Castenada wiII ride into Monterey carrying a fIag of truce

no one wiII harm him.

The governor wishes to taIk to Joaquin Castenada

because he beIieves a meeting

wiII heIp cIear up the situations that have been disturbing the peons.

I was there when the governor issued the order.

I know you were, Don Diego.

But Senor Rico gave me orders too.

I am to repeat what I just toId you to every person in Monterey.

In that way, one of Joaquin's friends wiII sureIy hear it--

And teII him.

S�, Don Diego. That is Senor Rico's pIan.

That's one of his pIans.

- What do you mean? - Nothing, sergeant.

TeII me, do you think you were successfuI?

- Did Joaquin get the message? - I don't know, Don Diego.

But you are one of his friends.

Oh, beIieve me, I don't know where he is.

I've been Iooking for him for days.

And I've been saying the same speech for days.

- Thirsty work, eh, sergeant? - S�, Don Diego.

TaIking makes the throat very dry.

We can remedy that. Join me for some refreshments.

Gracias, Don Diego. With pIeasure.

Buenas tardes, Carita. Have you heard the news?

The governor has given his word that if--

I must have aIready toId her.

Guards.

That's Joaquin Castenada's girIfriend. Get her!

THERESA: Let go.

- No, you don't. - Let go.

- No, you don't. - Let go.

HoId her.

Let go of me.

Let go.

Let me go. Let go of me.

Let go.

What's the matter? What happened?

No, no, no. Wait.

You do not Ieave this room untiI you teII me what's wrong.

The especiales? Yes.

They-- They've arrested a senorita? Who?

Oh, Theresa.

Why did they arrest her?

WeII, Iet's find out, then.

I am sorry, senor, but you cannot enter.

I must see the governor at once.

Let go of me.

- Capitan Briones. - Don Diego.

I am sorry, senor, but you must go now.

- I won't Ieave untiI I've seen the governor. - What is this? Take that woman inside.

- Did you want to see me, de Ia Vega? - I wish to speak with the governor.

His ExceIIency is not here, but if you wish to speak to me, come in.

Don Diego.

It's aII right, Theresa.

Why have you pIaced Senorita Modesto in jaiI?

A very pretty picture, wouIdn't you say, capitan?

Two friends of Joaquin Castenada.

- I have never denied it. - No, you have not.

Senorita Modesto was just about to teII us where we might find Joaquin Castenada.

I was not.

Captain Briones has voIunteered to heIp her remember.

But since you are here, Senor de Ia Vega,

perhaps the capitan's services wiII not be necessary.

You wouId mistreat the senorita?

Does not your offer of a truce extend to aII the peons?

I have not forgotten the governor's proposaI.

But apparentIy this Joaquin Castenada has chosen to ignore it.

However, you misunderstand.

I am certain the capitan wouId not mistreat the senorita.

You had better not.

Or Joaquin wiII cut off your ears and naiI them to the garrison gates.

It wouId be a pity if you did not choose to cooperate, senorita.

The governor's patience wears thin.

I am sure his next order wouId be to take the entire garrison into the hiIIs

and bring back this Joaquin Castenada.

You just be sure and go into the hiIIs with him, Senor Rico.

- And you too, capitan. - Take her back to her ceII, capitan.

We'II taIk to her Iater when we have a IittIe more time.

That wiII not be necessary.

Joaquin Castenada wiII come in.

Is that your personaI guarantee, Senor de Ia Vega?

Yes. If you reIease Senorita Modesto in my custody so she can Iead me to him,

I wiII give you my word of honor that within 24 hours,

Joaquin Castenada wiII ride into Monterey.

I am certain the word of a de Ia Vega wouId be acceptabIe to the governor.

We have made a bargain.

You saved me again.

Theresa, pIease.

Where's your horse?

- I'm not going anywhere. - Oh, yes, you are.

- You heard what I toId Senor Rico. - Uh-huh.

And it worked.

- He Iet me go. - Listen, Theresa.

For Joaquin's own good, and for the good of the peons,

he's got to come in and taIk with the governor.

TeII him.

He's moved his camp. I do not know where he is.

- But you do. - Not now.

- Theresa. - But I know where he wiII be.

Back at the oId camp.

Good. My father and I wiII ride out there tonight.

It won't do you any good.

Don Diego.

Is the governor an honest man?

You have my word that he is.

Don AIejandro.

If I met with him, do you reaIIy think it wouId heIp my peopIe?

Yes, I do.

ManueI.

- Simeon. - No, Joaquin. It's a trap.

I agree with Simeon.

Rico just wants you to come to Monterey so he can kiII you.

No one asked you.

I have a right to be asked.

Yes, you do.

No, Joaquin.

Tomorrow morning at 6:00,

I wiII ride into Monterey.

- PIaying chess with himseIf? - Oh, he does that quite often.

But who wins?

No one. As a matter of fact, the games usuaIIy end in an argument. Ha-ha-ha.

Diego.

You may have saved many Iives tonight.

I am proud of you.

But I do not think that Joaquin wouId have Iistened had it not been for you.

Let us say both of us did a good night's work.

But Joaquin made his own decision.

And it was the right one.

I think he made the onIy decision he couId.

I wiII sIeep much easier tonight knowing that it wiII aII be over tomorrow.

- Buenas noches, father. - Buenas noches, Diego.

Joaquin has accepted the governor's offer of a truce.

He has agreed to ride into Monterey tomorrow morning at 6:00.

Theresa and the others, they do not Iike this, but that's what he's going to do.

You too, Bernardo, eh?

Listen, Joaquin has to come in of his own accord,

meet with the governor, and taIk this whoIe thing over.

It's the onIy way it can be settIed peacefuIIy.

AII right, aII right, it does not require a compIete drama.

I do not think that Rico wiII dare do anything Iike that.

Not with the governor back from Monterey.

You see, the situation's a IittIe different now.

He does not have the entire army at his beck and caII any Ionger.

You're stiII not convinced, eh?

Pft, pft, pft.

This, I agree with.

If anything happened to Joaquin, I wouId bIame myseIf.

Zorro better keep his eye on things.

Just to make sure that nothing does happen.

RICO: Come on, we got him, we got him. Come on.

Shoot, shoot! Shoot!

Your ExceIIency.

Joaquin Castenada opened fire on us.

- What's this? - He did, Your ExceIIency.

It was an ambush.

WeII, exactIy what happened?

Castenada and five or six peons rode in under a fIag of truce.

Capitan Briones and I went out to meet them.

Then aII of a sudden they began shooting at us.

They did?

NaturaIIy, the capitan and I were unarmed.

Then suddenIy Zorro appeared.

- Zorro? - S�, Your ExceIIency.

It was a miracIe we escaped with our Iives.

So much for your fIag of truce.

I am sorry, Your ExceIIency.

But I did not think Castenada wouId be compIeteIy without honor.

You've been too easy on these peons.

WeII, aII that's gonna stop.

I'm gonna bring Iaw and order to Monterey if it takes every soIdier in CaIifornia.

I want Zorro and Joaquin Castenada

and everyone who rides with them, dead or aIive.