![]() Helm is discussing with Montoya the vehemently-disputes stories about the Queen. Tessa and Marta attend the party, where all the Dons and their wives are in attendance and Dr. But Tessa insists she has to go to allay suspicions. Returning home, the Queen finds a distraught Marta, who is angry with Tessa that she had nearly been killed and she is too weak to go to Montoya's party. But she manages to dismount him, taking his horse and collecting her sword. ![]() As he approaches the body, he is taken by surprise when she awakes and knocks him out only to have a lancer bearing down on her. Back at the beach a soldier finds the Queen's sword and in the distance the body of the Queen lying prone. In the square below Vera is telling Marta the Queen is dead, shot and she threw herself from a cliff and was swallowed by the ocean. Reporting to Montoya (who is not yet satisfied with only "the skin of the fox" that the Queen is dead), who intends to invite every Spaniard to a party that evening in honor of the doctor that no Spaniard could refuse unless badly hurt. Believing she could not survive the fall, Grisham has his soldiers comb the beach for her body and when the Queen's shirt is found returns to Santa Helena leaving instructions to find the body. Grisham approaches and the Queen feels the pain and blood where she had been shot and realizes her only chance of escape is to chance a hundred feet fall to the water and rocks below. Running from the rifle fire, she makes her way up a hill engaging in swordplay with the soldiers until she reaches the top of the cliff overlooking the sea. One bullet hits the Queen in her side causing her to fall from her horse with her sword. The Queen's pursuit of the wagon leads into a narrow ravine where she is ambushed by Captain Grisham's men firing rifles from above. While in town Montoya is trying to get information from Dr Helm about treatment for sick men without giving away the secret mine. More peasants are being transported by wagon from the jail but this time, under the observation of the Queen, who follows at a discreet distance. ![]() Grisham points out that the missing men will attract the attention of the Queen of Swords, but Montoya is expecting this and plans to kill the Queen. Captain Grisham arrives to report the miners are sick, but Montoya insists he needs the gold to buy cannon from the expected supply ship. Tessa goes to Colonel Montoya office and his disinterest is manifested as he asks her to leave. Very much revealing a secret interest, she admits to noticing that his eyes were green.Īrriving at the hacienda, Marta and Tessa are approached by Louisa, Torlio's wife, looking for her missing husband, and Tessa agrees to help. Words are exchanged only to be interrupted by Colonel Montoya who introduces the scruffy stranger as the new doctor, whose lsst name is Helm, for Santa Helena, much to Tessa's surprise, and on her journey home with Marta they vent their feelings about the first impressions of the new doctor. Tessa and Marta are shopping and Tessa is about to take the last apple when it is grabbed by a hungry stranger trail-weary after his journey from Texas. Santa Helena is awaiting a supply ship and the choice of food is limited. Torlio, one of these laborers, is killed escaping. Valentine Pelka as Colonel Luis Ramirez MontoyaĬolonel Montoya has a secret goldmine under the supervision of Captain Grisham and Sergeant Alonzo and is using peasant labor arrested under various false charges. ![]()
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