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Say not here! Cuba! |
What is it? A tribe? An island? |
Island. Far. |
You come! You speak first! |
Tell the Chief we thank him. |
Chief knows. |
Tell him his country is very beautiful. Tell him we are leaving men here to build a fort. |
Chief says how many? |
Thousands. |
Why? |
To bring the word of God. |
Chief says he has a God. |
... and also to bring medicine. |
Chief says... |
He has medicine. Tell him we admire his people. |
We will work with his people. We want peace. Ask the Chief if he understands? |
He understands. |
Ask him if he will help. |
You have to find them, Utapan. Look what they did! |
You did the same to your God! |
Utapan, won't you speak to me? You used to know how to speak to me. |
You never learned how to speak my language. |
No... |
No? |
NO...! I have waited too long, fought too hard. Now you expect me to take all the risks while you take the profit! No... I will not be your servant! |
I remind you, Senor Colon, that you are in no position to bargain with me. |
I'm not bargaining! |
Then you are too ambitious. |
And were you never ambitious, Excellency? Or is ambition only a virtue among the nobles, a fault for the rest of us? |
If you won't accept our proposal, we'll simply find someone who will. |
They don't see sin in their nakedness. They live according to nature, in a never ending summer. The islands are covered with trees, filled with blossoms and fruits. And... |
Forgive me, Don Colon. But what about gold? |
You defend yourself admirably... |
... for a commoner? |
But we do have a lack of notaries. You should contact my administration. |
Don Bobadilla is already a judge, my Dear Don Cristobal. |
Good! We are also in need of judges. Except there are no thieves! |
You seem to have a special talent for making friends. |
What...? Do I have so many already? |
To rise so high, in so short a time, is a dangerous occupation. A little hypocrisy goes a long way. |
All I have to do is call the guards. |
Call them. |
I am not afraid of you. You are nothing but a dreamer. |
Look out of that window. |
What do you see? |
Roofs... towers, palaces... spires... |
All of them created by people like me. |
I want to go with you! |
There'll be a time. |
You promise? Do you swear on St. Christopher...? |
Do you swear on all the Holy Saints in heaven? |
Yes... Yes, I do... On all of them! |
I have to explore the mainland. |
This time with me! |
How are you feeling, Fernando? |
Not bad. |
Father... |
There must be a passage to that other ocean. |
What are you listening to? |
I am not listening, Father. But I can't help hearing. |
What does he say? |
He asks when he can come to visit you. He left his address. |
He never had one... except aboard my ships! |
I want you to tell me everything you remember, Father. From the beginning. Everything. |
Really? God... I wouldn't know where to start... and yet... |
Tell me the first thing that comes to your mind. |
I understand that you will soon be appointing Governors for the islands? Is it not so? |
Forgive me, Don Bobadilla those positions have already been taken. |
May I ask by whom? |
Bartolome and Giacomo Colon. |
Don Alonso de Bobadilla. |
Yes... I remember... |
My letters of appointment. |
Appointment to what? |
Viceroy of the West Indies. |
Congratulations. Then I am free to search for the mainland. |
How far from here? |
I am not a seaman. But I heard it is no more than a week at sea. I hope you are not too disappointed. |
How could I be? The mainland has been found. Exactly as I said it would. |
I am afraid this is not the worst news. |
I could be gone for years. |
I know. |
I haven't given you much of a life. |
Well... that's true. I have a child by a man who won't marry me! Who's always leaving... |
Are we going to argue? |
I'd love to argue with you sometimes. But you're never here! |
Perhaps I was never meant to live with a woman... |
I find that hard to believe. |
She said yes. |
Thank God... |
I'm not asking you to swear to anything. |
I don't want you to wait for me. |
That's something you can't decide. |
Beatrix, I want to ask you something. |
You don't usually ask. |
I can arrange for the Queen to take Fernando and Diego into her service. |
God... you're so beautiful! I can't believe no other man has ever taken you away from me... |
They tried... but I didn't let them. |
They took everything... |
Not everything... Do you think I care? I'm a free man again. Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier... |
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