Queen of Swords (TV Series)
Destiny (2000)
Paulina Gálvez: Marta
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Quotes
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : I'm sending a message back to Spain. Once they learn what is happening here in California...
Marta : They don't already know? Spain is still recovering from the wounds left by Napoleon. She doesn't care about some primitive outpost.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : And the ones who could help - the Dons - they do nothing... growing fat while their people starve.
Marta : You expect them to be different?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : My father was.
Marta : And he died.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : What are you saying?
Marta : Don Alvarado, the finest horseman in California, falls from his horse and dies? People talk - especially your own servants with no ears.
Maria Teresa Alvarado : People lie.
Marta : But the guards do not. They tell me he died at the hands of another.
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : The Queen of Swords - me?
Marta : How should I know?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : But you said...
Marta : I say a lot of things. What do you see?
[Tessa stares into a mirror and sees her image dissolve to that of a woman in black riding like the wind]
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[seeing Tessa staring at the mirror]
Marta : What is it? What do you see?
Tessa Alvarado : My destiny.
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[last lines]
Marta : Do you realize where this path will lead?
Maria Teresa Alvarado : [nodding] To my destiny.
Don Rafael Alvarado : [voice] Never alone, my little angel. You will see justice is done!
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Maria Teresa Alvarado : Marta, I just had...
Marta : ...the strangest dream. Yes, I know. It's all here - your destiny.
[Tessa turns a tarot card]
Maria Teresa Alvarado : The Queen of Swords.