Don Luis B. Quintero Quotes in The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Don Luis B. Quintero: My dear Esteban is forever thrusting at this and at that. He used to be a fencing instructor in Barcelona.

Don Diego Vega: How exhausting.

Captain Esteban Pasquale: I didn't find it so.

Don Diego Vega: Then why did you give it up?

Captain Esteban Pasquale: I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence.

Don Luis B. Quintero: A lady was involved, I believe.

Don Diego Vega: The gentleman's wife, no doubt?

Captain Esteban Pasquale: Just how did you mean that, Señor?

Don Diego Vega: I had hoped to be amusing... Have I failed?

Captain Esteban Pasquale: Somewhat. With me.

Don Diego Vega: [Explaining why he's late to dinner] They heated the water from my bath too early. It was positively tepid! By the time more was carried and properly scented... Life can be trying, don't you think?

Don Luis B. Quintero: Yes.

[laughs]

Lolita Quintero: [Disappointed in Diego] Oh, Maria!

Maria de Lopez: Courage, courage!

Don Luis B. Quintero: Well, shall we dine? Come, Diego.

Captain Esteban Pasquale: [to Inez] His bath was tepid? Poor Lolita! I'm afraid her married life will be the same!

Don Luis B. Quintero: [introducing Inez] My wife, senor.

Don Diego Vega: Your Excellency is a very fortunate man.

Don Luis B. Quintero: I'm not so sure. She thinks pesos grow on mulberry trees.