- [first lines]
- [a girl chases a boy past where Tessa and Ramon are dancing]
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: Remind you of anyone?
- Ramon: Yes. There was a girl about fifteen years ago. Tessa I think her name was.
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: A lovely child, I'm sure.
- Ramon: A horrible creature. She used to beat me until I was black and blue.
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: Only after you pulled her hair.
- Ramon: I don't remember that part.
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: Of course. Well, it wasn't your hair, was it?
- [Ramon's father has been shot after he had an violent argument with Fuentes]
- Ramon: I can't let Fuentes get away with this!
- Maria Teresa Alvarado: You don't know Fuentes did it.
- Ramon: Then I'm the only one who doesn't.
- Col. Luis Montoya: Pruning - it's all about control, really. Without my firm hand, these roses would grow wild... completely take over the garden. There is one thing I will not tolerate is anarchy.
- Don Fuentes: You have my word, Colonel. I had nothing to do with the attack.
- Col. Luis Montoya: Maybe you did, maybe you didn't. I don't pretend to be the voice of your conscience.
- Don Fuentes: It's true that Aguilera and I had words. I won't deny that.
- Col. Luis Montoya: My point is, Fuentes, that it was all just so vulgar. My town, my fiesta...
- Don Fuentes: If I wanted to kill Aguilera, I wouldn't do it public. I'd slit his throat while he slept.
- Col. Luis Montoya: That's what I like to hear - discretion.
- [Latham and the Queen confront each other with drawn daggers]
- Latham: You're dead!
- The Queen of Swords: You took the words right out of my mouth.
- [the Queen discovers that Dr. Helm was the assassin's intended victim, not Don Aguilera]
- Dr. Robert Helm: This is my business. You stay the hell out.
- The Queen of Swords: Looks like I'm not the only one who hides behind a mask.
- [thinking he is being followed by the assassin, Dr. Helm hurls himself at the horseman, only to find himself sprawled on the ground with the Queen's dagger at his throat]
- The Queen of Swords: With those kinds of moves, it's no wonder you're still single.
- The Queen of Swords: What the hell are you doing leaping off rocks?
- Dr. Robert Helm: What the hell are you doing following me?
- The Queen of Swords: Tell me why you're leaving town.
- Dr. Robert Helm: Tell me who's under the mask.
- The Queen of Swords: ...I asked first.
- Latham: We're wasting time, Colonel. Yes or no?
- Col. Luis Montoya: You must forgive my manners. I've already forgotten your name.
- Latham: I didn't give it. You're obviously not interested in my proposal, so why waste both our time.
- Col. Luis Montoya: Don't be absurd! Sit, my anonymous friend, sit. As the great Bard himself once said, "What's in a name?"
- Latham: Do we have a deal?
- Col. Luis Montoya: You deliver to me The Queen of Swords.
- Latham: And you give to me Doctor Helm.
- Col. Luis Montoya: So you've given the good doctor your sword. How brave... How stupid.
- The Queen of Swords: So why don't you just kill me?
- [as the Colonel unsheathes his sword the Queen cracks her whip, knocking off one of his medals]
- The Queen of Swords: Oops.
- [Colonel Montoya shoots Latham as he was about to strike Dr. Helm with his sword]
- Dr. Robert Helm: You're a complicated man, Colonel.
- Col. Luis Montoya: Not really. Killers and assassins, they are, how do you say... a dime a dozen. But where would I find another doctor?
- [seeing the Queen of Swords in the distance riding off on the Colonel's stallion]
- Dr. Robert Helm: Or another horse?
- Col. Luis Montoya: Sometimes I think I'm too virtuous for my own good.
- Dr. Robert Helm: Don't push it, Colonel.
- [last lines]
- Dr. Robert Helm: I'm glad you came, though.
- The Queen of Swords: You are?
- Dr. Robert Helm: I wasn't sure when I would see you again.
- The Queen of Swords: Am I missing something?
- Dr. Robert Helm: Maybe.
- The Queen of Swords: Should I be flattered?
- Dr. Robert Helm: Well, that's up to you... but I'm just returning your sword.
- The Queen of Swords: Ah. Thank you, Doctor.
- Dr. Robert Helm: Oh, by the way...
- [turns and discovers the Queen has disappeared into the night]
- Dr. Robert Helm: It's nice to be back.
- The Queen of Swords: Are you looking for something?
- Dr. Robert Helm: My horse.
- The Queen of Swords: Your horse?
- Dr. Robert Helm: Yes. Horse. Equus. Four legs, big head, long tail.
- The Queen of Swords: There's a ranch a few miles west. You can always get a new one there... That is if you're still planning on running away.
- Dr. Robert Helm: I am not running away!... I am walking.