Captain from Castile Page #3

gold, just waiting to be taken.

That proves he's a rogue.

Columbus discovered some islands

peopled with naked savages.

What little gold they found

hasn't even paid for the good ships wrecked...

or the funds wasted,

let alone brought in a return.

Don't listen

to such gossip.

Yet, Father, this man says he left Spain

poor and came back with 2,000 ducats.

Probably a lie.

Why not make it 50,000?

Ah, Seor de Silva.

Seor de Vargas.

Your servant, seora.

Seorita.

- Pedro.

- Diego.

I apologize for stopping

in unexpectedly...

but I was passing

and could not resist the temptation.

- A cup of wine with us, seor?

- Gracias.

By your leave, seora.

This weather, while excellent for the crops,

is a little warm for much riding.

I confess I feel slightly fatigued

after the hunt for my servant.

You found no trace of him?

Excellent wine.

Unfortunately not.

It's my belief that

someone gave him aid.

It's not the loss of a servant

alone that concerns me.

Rather, it's that a heretic, an unbeliever, should

have been permitted to escape unredeemed.

But he'll be taken...

at which time the Inquisition

will deal with him.

You are an intimate of the inquisidor general,

are you not, seor?

I have the honor to be el supremo

of the Santa Hermandad...

which is entrusted by

His Majesty, Don Carlos...

with the duty of passing sentence

on those poor sinners...

whom the Holy Office have

found guilty of heresy.

A great privilege, seor.

By the way...

it seems strange to me that a man of your

name and fame should not be one of us.

- I am not a theologian.

- Nor am I.

Of course, I regret that at times we must

use severity. But what would you have?

Bloodletting and dosing

are often necessary to save the body.

Surely one cannot object to

medicine that saves the soul.

With your permission, we will

not pursue this conversation.

There are ladies present.

The subject is most unpleasant.

Unpleasant to know that there are

those who are defending Christianity...

by spending themselves to uproot

the detestable sin of heresy?

Is it possible, seor, you do

not approve the Santa Hermandad?

I do not approve, sir.

I am a Catholic and have given more blood

for the faith than you have in your entire body...

and I regard

the Santa Hermandad as an evil.

I am against any

organization, sir...

which turn friend against friend,

child against father.

Do I make myself plain?

Quite plain, Don Francisco.

But why do you wish to

pick a quarrel with me?

I came here peaceably and alone,

though injured by your son.

Perhaps I should have

brought witnesses.

- Injured? How injured?

- If I attacked two of your servants...

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