Caray, Caray!

Sorry again, for the lateness!

By the way, I discovered that I the TV I record Pasión on doesn’t have cc. Or at least, I’ve been unable to find it on the menu. I suspect that it’s too old. I purposely recorded it on the basement TV because the treadmill is down there and I figured that the treadmill would get a lot more use if I were looking forward to watching Pasion. So far, my theory has worked pretty well. But it sucks that I can’t use caps to speed up the translation or for bits that are hard to understand—see below!
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We start off with Don Jorge bitching out LaFont for having not made sure the evidence of the caravan robbery got disposed of properly. He warns him to get rid of any remaining evidence.
Meanwhile, Santiago has discovered that the wagon is missing from the blacksmith’s shop. Ascanio explains that Ricardo bought it and he paid double. Santiago is instantly angry when Ricardo’s name is mentioned. He wants to know why he wasn’t consulted in the sale. Ascanio tries to explain but Santiago is still upset and not interested in explanations. Ascanio suggests that they take their discussion somewhere else other than in front of the twins and in this public place.

Over at Casa Camila, Justo, Jimena and Camila are waiting for Ricardo to come back from Don Jorge’s, for the permission. Camila says that Ricardo has a very strong personality and she’s afraid of what will happen if Don Jorge insists… Jimena agrees, Justo, who is still wearing his super fancy and formal red jacket says that Ricardo seems to him to be a pretty even tempered guy. All of the sudden, there’s a knock at the door. Camila rushes out and answers it. It’s Ric. She breathlessly asks him how it went. He greets her with a grave and serious look meant to fool her because then he breaks out in a smile and says “Well!” She throws her arms around her and kisses him.

It’s nighttime. Sofia and Fortunata are in the zaguan.

[Note: At least that’s what I think it is. Some people have called it “the garden office” or garden room. From what I know about colonial architecture, nice houses had a kind of atrium or open patio in the center of the house –I think we’ve seen people walking through it with the curved benches in a circle. Between the entryway and the patio there was a room called the zaguan. It was sort of between the indoors and the outdoors and often had a fountain and lots of plants. The grander the house, the bigger the zaguan. This one is almost a sitting room. In smaller houses, the zaguan was more like a nice, wide hallway, that would fit a few chairs. Zaguans were often tiled, with Spanish azulejo (Moorish style) or local tile, which reflected the indoor/outdoor character of the room. It was also probably the coolest room in the house, since you would get some breezes from the entryway and the room was tiled. ]

Fortunata asks about how the wedding permission for Vasco and Ines went and whether Don Jorge…Sofia cuts in and says she prevented it. Fortunata says she’s glad, Ines always seemed to her to be a nice girl. And she was one of the ones who helped the most during the earthquake. Sofia comments that Ursula probably went to her father to get him on her side. Fortunata pretends not to understand. (or maybe she is a dumb bunny) Sofia is exasperated and restates—Ursula probably pre-empted her and told her father that the stories about Vasco were a lie. Fortunata starts to protest that she swears she doesn’t know but Sofia cuts her off, saying either you’re with me, or agin me. Fortunata whines that Ursula is her daughter (and she doesn’t want to choose between them) Sofia argues that it’s BECAUSE Ursula is her daughter that it’s important to her. “Do you think I like it that she’s acting like a whore?” Fortunata starts to whimper that she doesn’t know anything but Sofia cuts her off again and tells her that this is her final warning. She’d better keep her in the loop or she’s out.

Over at Ricardo’s, Mario is making sure that the evidence (the wagon) is safely tucked in the back yard.

Over at the tavern, Ascanio is eating and drinking with the still angry Santiago. (If he explained the part about the wagon being stolen from Ricardo, it must have been before this) Ascanio explains that he bought the wagon from a laborer from LaFont’s hacienda. Santiago suggests that it may not have been LaFont’s doing. It could have been some workers on his hacienda. Ascanio says maybe, but he doubts it. Santiago asks Ascanio what he thinks of Ricardo. Ascanio is non-committal “he’s like anybody else…he’s had set backs, misfortunes, but in the end, he survives.” Santiago complains that Ric seems to have “survived” pretty well. Santiago says, “you’re his buddy, right?” Ascanio says no, he’s nobody’s buddy. He just thinks that Ric’s the best guy for Camila. Santiago gets up abruptly and throws his coin on the table to pay and leaves.

Back at Camila’s, the others have left and we’ve got Ric and Camila rolling around in slo-mo in the sack. I don’t think there’s much doubt that they’ve “given in to each other, body and soul” as the previews at the end of the last episode said. I guess Don Jorge’s verbal permission (extorted from him when Ric threatened him with a duel and implicitly with making trouble for LaFont) was enough.

Over at Santiago’s, Rita and Ofelia are in the kitchen. Rita is putting down a tablecloth and she’s agitated and Ofelia reminds her to have a care for the baby. Rita snaps at her that Ofelia herself told her that the baby is probably OK now (maybe now that she’s far enough along?) She doesn’t want to be left out. Ines tries to be sunny—she’s happy now that Sofia is involved that everything will work out for her wedding. Rita cracks that Ines is being rewarded for her bad behavior. Ines hisses at her and Ofelia looks like she’s getting a migraine but all of the sudden Paco runs up and asks who is behaving badly and everybody rushes to change the subject. Paco’s looking for his Daddy who shows up just then. Rita asks about Santiago. Ofelia doesn’t know where he is and Rita asks if he went to see Camila. Vasco shoots back at her that she’s driving this into the ground—Camila has her own man now. Rita tells Vasco to tell Santiago—because he doesn’t seem to have understood that. Paco asks why everybody is fighting. Justo arrives and announces that he’s seen Ric and that he seems to have arrived at some kind of arrangement with Don Jorge, he doesn’t know what, but nothing’s going to happen to Camila. Justo changes the subject and asks Vasco if he’s been able to find Bernabe. Vasco says no, but he’s going to go over to his house right then. He leaves.

Ofelia sits down and asks Justo what the deal is with Bernabe. Justo fills her in about the letter and the extortion. “Somebody gave me the letter to destroy and I put it in the fire at home. But later somebody sent Camila a letter asking for a lot of money in exchange for the letter. She didn’t know that I had burned the letter. She brought the money for the blackmail and found out it was Bernabe!” The women gasp. Paco, sitting at the table sucking his thumb, looks thoughtful and suddenly he blurts out—“Grandfather! I took the letter. I saw there was a letter burning and I took it out. I gave it to my father.” Justo and Rita exchange horrified, impactado looks. Then Ines and Ofelia. Justo suddenly goes down in a fit or a faint. Fortunately, they are at the curandera’s house and Ofelia goes into action. Paco starts crying, thinking it’s his fault but Ofelia comforts him while she’s shouting order to the others to bring herbs.

At Camila’s, Ric and Camila are après amour, cuddling in bed, with strategically placed sheets covering their naughty bits. There’s an inopportune knock at the door, Camila is nervous, but Ric says he’ll go answer it. They smooch one last time before he gets up. We can see it’s Santiago, waiting in the street and a woman walking by greets him. Ric is dressing as he’s walking out the door—Jimena is there too but Ric tells her that he’ll get it. He opens it and Santiago is impactado. He asks to speak to Camila and Ric tells him “it’s not a good time.” Santiago replies that Camila’s dad has been struck down with a paralysis (stroke?). (Wow, that was quick—he wasn’t even there when it happened and suddenly he’s at Camila’s to bring the news?)

Don Jorge’s henchmen are having a meeting in an alley. They’ve got a man there and they are questioning him. La Font wants to know who was supposed to get rid of the wagon. The man says a laborer on his (La Font’s) hacienda, Don Jose was supposed to do it and he sold it. La Font gives an order and one of the henchmen (I don’t know his name but he’s the guy with the marcel wave) unsheathes his sword and runs the guy being questioned through on the spot. They take off leaving the dead guy in the street.

Santiago (who apparently can fly) is already back at home and he’s raging about what a dog Ric is, how could he sleep with Cami without them being married yet? He’s doing this for the benefit of the least sympathetic audience he could get, namely his wife. She pointedly asks if he’s mad because of what he did, or because he did it with Camila. Santiago says he’s fed up with Rita's stupid jealousy. He can’t take it anymore. He’s about to storm out when the hapless Vasco enters the room. Santiago grabs him by the shoulder, punches him in the face and throws him on the floor. Vasco is like, “whaaat?” Santiago yells at him that his father is on the point of death, thanks to him. Santiago stalks off leaving the tearful Rita to explain to Vasco what’s going on.

Fortunata is with Ursula in her room. She says that she’s between a rock and a hard place. Ursula interrupts to guess that her father wasn’t able to work in the demand for the first night rights with Ines. Fortunata says, “thank goodness” but Ursula will have none of it and tells her to shut up. Fortunata is tearful. She tells Ursula that she’s fond of her and understands her ways, even when she doesn’t approve—but not when she treats her badly. Ursula backs up and apologizes. She says she’s acting this way because lately everything’s been turning out badly. He father doesn’t listen to her and her mother only scolds her. Fortunata points out that she has a daughter. Ursula says she can’t only live for her daughter. “I’m young and I have a right to other things.” Fortunata tells her the only thing she can do is to think more seriously about taking a husband. Ursula says that she doesn’t like any of them. Ursula now becomes tearful and says “Do you know what it’s like to submit to a man who disgusts you, who you find repugnant?” Fortunata tells Ursula to tell her mother but Ursula breaks into tears and says that her mother doesn’t love her. Fortunata disagrees. She says that Sofia is angry with her because of the way that she treats Tita, her daughter. Ursula sobs that the little girl has her nanny, her tutor, her toys…Fortunata says she needs her mother’s attention and love. Fortunata tells Ursula to tell her the truth, what she really wants. She thinks that Sofia is a bit crusty but she’s a good person and she will understand. Ursula rejects the idea but cries some more.

Next we get a scene of Ric, Jimena and Cami rushing to Justo’s house, with Cami worrying that they may be too late.

La Font’s gang arrives back at LaFont’s house and La Font is yelling for Don Jose to come out. The servants all come out with the shouting and asks what he wants. Don Jose apparently is the main man and he tells La Font right away that the cart was in pretty good shape and instead of chopping it for firewood, he sold it for a few coins. One of the henchmen, I forget his name, the twirly mustache guy, whips out a pistol and shoots him on the spot. The servants are in shock.
Don Jorge is pacing around in the Palacio. The houses must be close together because he can hear all the commotion.

La Font warns them all not to talk, he was never there…etc. The mom or new widow of the dead guy wails and the other servants are cowed.

At Ofelia’s, Ofelia is there with Rita and Camila asks if her father will be OK. Ofelia tells her that she’s done all she can. Time will tell etc. Cami cries and Rita starts to blame Cami. Ofelia tells her to shut up. Justo wakes up but one side of his face is paralyzed and he can’t speak. Ofelia tells him to rest.

In the other room, there’s yelling--Santiago has his hands around Vasco’s neck. Ric is there too, and Ines is spying with the door cracked. Vasco says that he didn’t have anything to do with the blackmail. He tore up the letter. He had seen that someone there had already tried to burn it. He says that he told Bernabe about it but he never thought he would do this. Ric says, “Are you sure you and he didn’t plan this together?” Vasco says “of course not.” Santiago starts to beat him up again and Ric tries to get him to lay off. Santiago tells him to buzz off, it’s a family matter and none of his business. Ric says pointedly that as the future husband of Camila, he has more right than he does. Santiago glares at him. Ric asks Vasco about the money. Vasco says that Bernabe hasn’t returned home and hasn’t been seen since. Since Camila can ID him, no doubt he took off. “The day I find him, he’s a dead man!” chokes out Vasco. Ric asks where he could have gone. Vasco says he doesn’t know. His mother is worried because he’s disappeared. He says he’s looked all over the place but can’t find him. The women come in and Ofelia announces that Justo is stable and she gives instructions about his care. Cami tells Ric that she wants to stay. Ric agrees and wants to know if she wants him to stay, she tells him, he doesn’t need too. They do this tenderly with her hands in his and all the while, Santiago is glaring at them furiously. Ric says that he’ll go—if she needs anything—to send for him. He says goodbye and she walks him out. Santiago glares some more.

La Font shows up at the Palacio he rushes in and doesn’t even wait to be announced. LaFont announces that the deed is done. Don Jorge wants to know how and La Font tells him that he got rid of the witnesses and threatened the rest with cutting their throats if they talked. Don Jorge seems pleased with the result. La Font opines that Ric is trouble and they have to find a way to get rid of him too. Don Jorge asks, how, “Kill him?” La Font says “Why not?” Don Jorge tells him to contact Don Gaspar de Valdez first to find out how connected he is. Later, they will decide. Don Jorge asks when he’s going. La Font says he’ll go tomorrow.

Camila is outside on the porch with Ric, saying goodbye. Camila asks “What if it’s a punishment…for what we did?” Ric assures her that it’s not. “What happened between us was an act of love and God doesn’t punish love.” They kiss. Camila says, referring to her father. “He was always such a strong man. It grieves me to see him like this.” She thinks he’s going to die. Ric tries to comfort her and tells her he’s not going to die. Next, Camila turns to the subject of Vasco. Ric says that he says he had nothing to do with the Blackmail. “And the letter.” “he says he destroyed it” says Ric. Camila asks Ric if believes him and Ric says yes. After a pause, Ric says he’ll send for a doctor (I think he said to “bleed” Justo). Camila thanks him. Ric insists that whatever she needs, whatever, send for him. They kiss and leave eachother. Camila goes back into the house.

Ric goes home and fills Mario in. (In this scene it looks like there was water dripping from the ceiling—weird.) Mario asks Ric about Vasco’s statement that he had nothing to do with it. Ric has guessed that Vasco was in on the plot but that he hadn’t agreed with Bernabe to extort the money. Also, he doesn’t think he destroyed the letter. Mario says he will try to find it tomorrow. Mario says that they have the wagon, La Font had it, and that means that LaFont has his money. Ric thinks that by know, Don Jorge has covered up all the evidence. Mario points out that they still have Ascanio and Pablo as witnesses. Ric says that he doesn’t want to go there—if he does, Don Jorge will make a play for Camila. Mario is frustrated that his boss is not trying to get his gold back because of a woman. Ric says not for any woman for HIS woman (wife). Mario, exasperated, claims he no longer recognizes him. Ric tells him he’s not giving up on the money. It’s just that right now, he can’t start an open war with Jorge Mancera. He’s the law in these parts and he’s not going to let him go against his friend. And he’s got that whole fake ID problem. Mario says OK, how about this—“We wear disguises and we grab up LaFont and threaten him with cutting his throat if he doesn’t talk?” Ric says that they’ll be recognized. He has a different plan—rob the robbers. He’s sure that LaFont didn’t act alone, anyway, but with Don Jorge and others. If he could work it so that he could catch these guys with the goods—he’d be able to expose their crimes and bring them to the crown. That would get him pardoned for sure. Gold can be replaced but being able to live again as a normal citizen in peace, without fear of being caught and sent to the gallows…priceless! Mario asks what will happen to him and the boys when Ric gets to live as a “normal citizen”? Ric says he’ll divide his money so that each man can go his own way with a fresh start, as he chooses. “And you, Mario, isn’t there someone you love in your life? Someone you want to see again?” “The mother who bore you? A woman? Children? We’ve never spoken of this.”

[The next thing Mario says for the life of me I can’t get, even when I backed it up a couple of times—you caps people might be able to help me here—I think he says “No, No te lo dije” “No, I have never told you.” But I am not sure. It sounded like there was another syllable in there which made no sense to me.]

Mario coolly removes Ric’s hand from his shoulder and says “Goodnight, Antillano” and abruptly leaves the room. Ric is left there wondering what painful secret he has just stumbled on. Even after Mario leaves, Ric is stunned and plops down in a chair.

Vasco is seeing the doctor out. The doctor tells him that his father is strong and he has hopes that he will recover. He commends him to Ofelia, “Who knows nearly as much as I do.” They see an old peasant sitting by the door and the doctor asks him to accompany him.

Vasco comes in to see Paco who is already asleep, with Ines nearby. She explains that Paco was afraid that his dad would be mad at him. Ines asks him why he did it. Vasco gets mad and says that he can’t believe she thinks he did it too. Ines says no, she’s on his side. Vasco is honest with her. He says that when he found the letter, he was angry with Camila for browbeating him about getting married but later he thought the better of it. The problem was that he had let Bernabe know about it and when he decided not to use the letter, Bernabe went for it. And he regrets it terribly. He tells Ines that if his father dies due to his fault, he’ll never be able to forgive himself. Never. He breaks down and weeps at this. She stands there looking at him and he turns to her and says “I really don’t understand why you want to marry me, Ines. Can’t you see I am a disaster? There has got to be someone better than me.” Ines takes his hand to comfort him.

Camila and the others are in the sickroom with her dad, who, by the way has some kind of bandage on his head. Maybe it’s some kind of herbal poultice that is supposed to be either a sedative or a stimulant. Camila remarks about how the bleeding of her Dad doesn’t seem to have made him better. Ofelia says that bleeding is always the thing to do, even when it weakens the patient. I guess that the bedroom that they’ve parked Justo in is Santiago and Rita’s because Rita’s asleep in a chair and Ofelia suggests that Santiago take Rita to Ofelia’s room. Rita wakes up and asks after her Dad. Ofelia says that he’s sleeping peacefully now and that she too, should get some rest. Rita leaves reluctantly with Santiago. That leaves Camila and Jimena (who has been pretty much invisible since they arrived at the house). Ofelia tells them to go and get some rest too. They leave for the kitchen. The sereno (town crier) goes by at that instant and we see his form vaguely through the window, yelling “12 o’clock and all’s well”—we know differently). Jimena tells Camila that she’s heard that, people who get this type of paralysis don’t usually die, either they get more paralyzed or they get better. Cami who is leaning heavily against a beam, says that she hopes to God he gets better. Jimena raises the question of whether Vasco was involved in the letter business. Camila says that he says no. Jimena says she sure hopes not. Camila says that the only thing she cares about right now is her father. Jimena agrees.

Back in the sickroom, Ofelia is still with Don Justo. She arranges some stuff and looks worriedly at him.

Back in the kitchen, Jimena tries to get some information out of Cami about what happened between her and Ricardo. Cami shies away and Jimena asks her if she already regrets it. “Don’t be stupid,” she says. Cami says no, but she’s upset that “it ended badly.” Jimena asks why and Cami says simply---“because of this.” Jimena hugs her and says that if her father could speak, she can’t believe that he would want her to feel that way. Cami says darkly that something always happens to impede what they’ve already formalized. “It’s like a curse” she says. Jimena says that she’s exaggerating and goes to get the water she’s been boiling for coffee. Jimena asks about Ric’s stolen documents and whether they were part of his spy-work. Camila doesn’t answer. She doesn’t want to break Ric’s confidence. Jimena then suggests that it was booty from his pirate job that was stolen. Camila doesn’t want her to go there but still doesn’t want to say. Jimena gets offended that Camila doesn’t trust her. Camila reassures her that that isn’t it. After Jimena swears an oath to the Most Holy Virgin not to tell anybody and Camila looks around to see if anybody is nearby, she spills the beans. Ricardo lost his money, not documents. Jimena looks shocked and wants to know if Ricardo is now poor. Camila says no, but she’s uncertain. Jimena is impactada and imagines that Ric must be in deep doo doo. Camila goes and and says, that’s not the worst. She pauses and Jimena insists that she tell her everything. Jimena asserts that she may be a busybody (metiche) but when the matter is serious, she keeps secrets. Camila has to agree. Camila says she’s afraid to even talk about it but she does anyway. Camila tells her that they think that the people who robbed the caravan were associates of Don Jorge and LaFont. Jimena is impactada again.

It’s the next morning and we see the sun rise over the town and hear the church bells. Camila is headed for the church. There’s a candle seller out front, selling candles for the faithful who are going in to make their petitions. (Prayer is good if you need something but a lighting a candle in church is when you really want God’s attention, I guess…) Santiago is running after her and asks if she’s going to pray. He asks if he can accompany her. Camila says yes and puts her mantilla (veil ) which she had been wearing as a shawl over her head, as ladies do, for church. We get a nice overhead shot of this. Before she can walk down the aisle, Santiago grabs her arm and holds her back. I think it’s because she passed by the altar boy holding the holy water font, which people are supposed to dip a hand in as they enter. (Nowadays—if churches have them, they are usually affixed to the wall or in some common area where they are self-serve but I guess labor was still plentiful back then, even for the church). They both dip their hands and cross themselves.

At LaFont’s it’s early and Manuela is still in her dressing gown and cap and La Font is packing. Manuela asks and he tells her he’s going to the capital. He gives her a letter for Lis, well, for Fran to read to Lis. He tells her to give it to her after he leaves. She asks when he’ll be back and he says soon. He’s tired of all the traveling. He then asks how things are going with making friends with Camila. Manuela says she thinks they are going OK. La Font tells her to be sure to stop by and congratulate her on her engagement. Manuela is surprised that she’s already engaged. As she helps him on with his jacket, La Font tells her to report back what she says about him and her fiancée. Manuela starts to form another question but LaFont gets impatient, yells at her and pushes her away roughly so that she’s almost thrown across the room. Manuela whimpers that she wants to help him but she doesn’t always understand what he wants. LaFont yells at her some more that she should just do as he asks without question. She assents, tearfully. LaFont says that if a letter arrives from abroad, she should take it directly to Don Jorge. He pushes her out of his way and leaves. Manuela goes to her bedroom and cries. Her Nana (Nanny) is there, changing the linens. She’s a plump elderly woman with a hairdo that looks more like it’s from the 1950s than 1750s. Manuela complains to her that she doesn’t understand her father. Everyday she understands him less and less. He’s always asking her to get information. He’s always asked her about her conversations with Ursula but now he wants her to get information from other people and she doesn’t like it. She doesn’t know how to. Nana asks her what kind of things. Manuela says stuff about Ricardo Lopez de Carvajal, the fiancée of Camila Darien. He wants her to ask her about him. “But how do I do it?” And he asked her to do the same thing with Lis a few days ago. Nana asks if that was also about Ric and Manuela says yes. Nana says “It’ probably some business thing.” She holds up a dress for Manuela and says “Look what I got out for you!” trying to distract her. Manuela doesn’t even look at the dress but acknowledges it. She cries some more.

In the church, a small congregation including Santiago and Camila are attending the daily Mass.
[Note: It is interesting that the men are on one side and the women on the other. I’ve never seen this custom before in a catholic church. Usually people attend in family groups. It looks more like some kind of Jewish or Muslim custom that got transferred over. (Lots of Jewish customs made their way into catholic practices in the New World because many of the people there were conversos—people who converted from Judaism to Catholicism when the Jews were expelled in 1492. They were still treated pretty badly and people were always accusing them to the inquisition of being “secret jews.” Things were less strict in the New World although there were courts of the inquisition there—I think in Mexico City there was one. The Spanish empire needed people for the army and as settlers so they weren’t quite as rigorous there. By the 1700s you were talking about families who had been converted for several generations. But little customs—like turning the pictures around or covering them in a house where people have died, putting little stones on a grave when you visit it—these were Jewish customs that many conversos retained. You still see them in Northern New Mexico and some places in Latin America]

The people file out. (Including the doctor and the peasant from last night.) Camila is still there praying. Santiago comes up to her and asks if they can speak. She says “about what?” He wants to ask her forgiveness. Camila says for what. He wants her forgive him his jealousy. For interfering with her life. He says he knows he has no right to do so. He admits that it’s costing him a lot to stop thinking about her. She answers without looking at him that he has to do it. He says he knows but as time goes by, the worse he feels. [Having a shrew for a wife probably doesn’t help!] And do you know why? Because he knows that the fault was all his. Camila says no, it was just life. Destiny… Santiago says no, it was his lack of faith. He should have looked for her, to the ends of the earth. Camila says that it doesn’t pay to go over what didn’t happen. She tells him to think of his child, of the happiness he or she will give him. Camila tears up. Santiago just wants to know one thing. “You and I loved each other very much, right?” Camila says “yes.” “But you never wanted to sleep with me” (entregarse a mi) he adds. Camila gets up from the pew abruptly, obviously upset by the question. Santiago gets up and blocks her path. “You always said you wanted to wait until we were married” he finishes up. He tells her he saw what happened at her house the other night. He wants to know why she did it with Ric but not with him. [Because you’re a whiney wimp and he’s a hawt pirate!—no she doesn’t say that.] He asks if she loves Ric more than she loved him. Camila says that she loves Ric differently. Her love for Santiago was—young love. Tears roll down her cheeks. She says she’s no longer the young girl who was thrilled when he smiled at her. She’s no longer sure she’s the same person that he loved. She’s a woman, and Ricardo is a man, that she’s sure that at this moment in her life, she needs. Santiago asks if it’s because she thinks that he can protect her from Don Jorge. Cami says no. She needs him because she loves him.

[I couldn’t hear the next bit too well because they turned up the sad romantic music. I think she says that after their “encounter”, he asked for her soul. Now she’s his. Sounds devilish but that’s what I got.]

She smiles and walks away.

Next we see Camila and Santiago walking together from church back to his place where they are met by Ricardo. Camila runs to him, a little nervously. She says she didn’t expect to see him so early. Ric says that he came by to see how her father was. . Cami fills him in about the doctor and how he has seemed better since is visit. Santiago hobbles past and greets him tersely Ricardo gets a jealous look but Cami says that she and Santiago met up in church. Ric tells her he’s jealous. Cami says he has no reason to be. Ric counters that Santiago is always lurking around and is always getting between them. Cami says he won’t be anymore. Santiago has accepted it. Ric says that he didn’t like it that he accompanied her to Mass. Cami says no—they met up there. Ric doesn’t believe it. Cami says, if you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can say. Ric starts to walk off in a snit. Cami pulls him back. She says “it’s been a difficult night. Now I’m starting the day with a fight with you. “ Now she turns away tearfully. It’s Ric who pulls her back this time. He asks for her forgiveness. He has to leave town. He hopes her father gets better. The Notary will come by for the signatures. He asks if he will find her here or at her house. Camila says that she doesn’t know. He says, no matter, he’ll look for her. She smiles at him and he gets on his horse and leaves.

At the forge, the twins are telling Ascanio that Santiago told him he wouldn’t be working this morning, that they were to wait for him there. They don’t know anything else. Ascanio looks impactado and throws his work gloves down.

In the sick room at Santiago and Ofelia’s Justo is awake and trying to talk. Not able to do it very well. He can only say “no”, “marry” “Vasco” and some other words. They tell him that both marriages are set to go and Rita says not to worry about the family business. Vasco went to the Mill early. He points at his jacket pocket and they find his keys, the keys to the store. He says “open.”

In the next scene they are all (except for Justo) eating breakfast. Santiago asks who is going to take charge of the store. Rita says she doesn’t know but Vasco can’t run both the mill and the store. And she has no confidence in the other store employees. Camila shushes her criticism. Santiago offers to help out but Rita says no, he can’t neglect his own business. “Besides, the store needs someone who can work full time.” Camila offers to do the accounts but Rita brushes her off. They need a man in the store, to be an authority. People won’t listen to a woman.

Camila asks if Ascanio can be spared at the blacksmiths, if they ask him to do it. Santiago says not to worry. The most important thing is for them to get the help they need, until their father recovers. Ines agrees that they will all pitch in and do what they can. Camila thanks them. Even Jimena offers to help. Rita adds that she’d like to help but with the pregnancy. Camila says no…she should take care of herself. Santiago gets up to ask Ascanio. Camila stops him and tells him earnestly “Thank you for everything.” He responds in a businesslike way and Rita looks like she may realize that something between them has changed.

Camila says she’s got to go but first she wants to say goodbye to her father. Paco pipes up that he wants to see him too and so he, Camila and Ines all go. The Indian servant girl (Ramona?) comes in and tells Rita that she’s going to the market because Dona Ofelia asked her to get some stuff to make a broth for Don Justo. Rita gives her permission and actually cracks a smile. Rita asks Jimena who is the only one left if she if she and her sister are BFFs. Jimena says yes. Rita asks her if camila is really in love with Ricardo. Jimena says, Of course. What’s not for a woman to love? Ricardo is nice, attentive, rich and VERY HANDSOME. “If he’s so nice, attentive and rich, why doesn’t she leave my husband alone?” asks Rita. Jimena laughs and says the one who won’t leave the other alone is HIM. And clearly,[couldn’t get it…”se bien?” I know it well?] Rita’s smile vanishes and Jimena says she’ll wait outside for Cami.

Marcelino the notary is walking through the public square when he sees a crowd gathered. He pulls a guy aside and asks what happened. The guy tells him that it seems there was a disturbance last night [actually he says “copetia” and I have never heard the word before and couldn’t find a definition of the word.] Marcelino is impactado, which doesn’t really pack a punch here since it’s his usual state.

At the forge, Santiago has filled the boys in on last night’s events and takes Ascanio aside to ask him to work at the Darien’s store. The twins are left behind but for once they have a bit of dialogue. One asks the other how it will affect their lantern business but the other one says, it doesn’t matter. Don Justo needs their help and He thinks it’s only right for Santiago to help (by supplying Ascanio’s labor).


Don Jorge is now making his way across the public square to his office, on foot for a change. Marcelino is waiting for him. Don Jorge tells him that Don Justo isn’t paying his quota of taxes. Marcelino explains that they’ve had a few setbacks recently, since the earthquake. Don Jorge says that they’ve had the business for a long time. “And the son is a good for nothing.” He thinks it’s time that they take away his concession.


[Note: I know I’ve had far too many footnotes in this episode but I can’t let this one go because Economic History was a subspeciality for me. In the Spanish Colonies, if you wanted to open a business, ANY business, you couldn’t just set up shop. You had to get a concession granted from the crown or from it’s local representatives. It was like licensure except it wasn’t really based on whether you met certain basic expectations like health laws. You basically got a monopoly to be the only store, mill or whatever, in a specific area. It made businesses easier to control and tax. In Colonial Spanish economics, competition was generally seen as a bad thing. People paid huge bribes to get these monopolies and they often passed the costs on to the customer. The crown and their representatives could take this away from you at any time and put you out of business. For example if someone else came along and offered them a better bribe than you were paying, they could just take the concession away from you and give it to someone else. It would be common for newly appointed leaders to take concessions away from everybody who had them and give them out to their friends. This practice actually continued until well into the 19th century in some Latin American countries, with the colonial government/crown being replaced with the newly formed national governments. If you were wondering why Justo was always such a nervous guy—now you know why. ]


Marcelino is shocked and says that the Darien’s have had the business for a long time. Don Jorge thinks it’s time that there were some new people in the business community. Marcelino says that they will be ruined. Don Jorge says that’s what he wants, for them to be ruined.


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Friday’s episode: Lis extends an invitation to Camila through Rita and Santiago. Before Santiago can respond, Rita says SHE’ll take the invitation over to Camila’s (so that Santiago can avoid further temptation). Don Jorge has a chat with Camila. He says he’s not picking a fight with her. He is just laying down the law, as is his right. He told her fiancée that he was exercising his right and he refused to accept it. In fact, has his doubts about the guy. Ric says he’s a businessman but Don Jorge suspects that Ric is really a thief or a pirate. In more flashes forward—news from Ofelia’s reaches Dona Sofia, Lis develops a theory that Ric isn’t really marrying Cami after all—she’s just a mistress since he’s marrying her under a false name. Somebody holds a knife to Vasco’s throat.

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