Queen of Swords (TV Series)
Duel with a Stranger (2000)
Tessie Santiago: Maria Teresa Alvarado, The Queen of Swords
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Quotes
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[lamenting leaving behind her former life in Spain]
Maria Teresa Alvarado : I miss it, Marta. I miss the people, the music, the parties.
Marta : You have a party to go to.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : But Montoya's parties are so boring. I'd rather go to the Day of the Dead fiesta with you. I'm tired of play acting the role of the spoiled aristocrat.
Marta : You do a very good imitation.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : Yeah, I know. Even I hate myself sometimes.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : I'm not going.
[Tessa ducks beneath the soapsuds in her bathtub, but Marta grabs her hair and pulls her up]
Marta : The reason why you're going to the party is to find out when Montoya will be shipping the gold.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : I know.
Marta : You're not going to have fun or to make silly conversation. Are you done complaining?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : No.
Marta : Fine!
[Marta dunks Tessa's head under the bathwater]
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The Queen of Swords : If all I wanted was gold, I'd take it and disappear with it... but what I want is justice.
Antonio : There is no justice. The world is not a just place. No one gets their due.
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Antonio : You still run. Senor Torres will be displeased.
The Queen of Swords : I thought that staying alive was the most important thing.
Antonio : Not above honor.
The Queen of Swords : How can you speak of honor?
Antonio : Ha! You are the one hiding behind a mask, not me. Who are you?
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Marta : He's going to betray you.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : How do you know?
Marta : I feel it.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : I don't.
Marta : Of course not. You feel nothing but your own heat.
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[last lines]
[Tessa is praying for Antonio's soul in her church]
Col. Luis Montoya : If I were not now in the house of God, I would curse her.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : You know, the Queen of Swords didn't kill Antonio.
Col. Luis Montoya : If it were not for her, you would sailing right now for Spain with...
Maria Teresa Alvarado : Please don't.
Col. Luis Montoya : I am sorry. I should not speak of such things. Mark me, Dona Alvarado, someday soon the Queen will pay for all the suffering she has brought down on all our heads. I am sure I join you in praying for her swift and timely death.
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[during their swordfight]
Antonio : Well done. I'm sure Senor Torres was your teacher.
The Queen of Swords : What does it matter, Antonio?
Antonio : You know me?
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[after defeating the Queen of Swords in a swordfight, Antonio pulls off her mask]
Antonio : Tessa?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : Antonio.
Antonio : You mock me!
[Antonio stalks away]
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Antonio : Is the Queen of Swords worth the gold I carry?
Col. Luis Montoya : You are carrying one thousand reales in gold.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : [to Marta] He will not betray me.
Col. Luis Montoya : That is twice the price we agreed to.
Antonio : Yes, that's true, but if you want the Queen of Swords, you are in no position to argue.
Col. Luis Montoya : I would pay ten times that to see her head on a pike in the village square.
Antonio : Very well.
Col. Luis Montoya : That was well done, Don Antonio. You have finally named the price for your honor.
[Antonio throws the stolen gold to the ground]
Antonio : I cannot sell something I have already lost.