Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The Page #5

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bI don't know./b

bWhy you don't ask her?/b

bShe lives around the corner./b

bYou speak English?/b

bWell, seora.../b

b... Melquiades was a good friend./b

bI'm sorry to tell you he's passed away./b

bWho is Melquiades?/b

bMelquiades, your husband./b

bHe's passed away and I've brought/b

bhis body back from Texas./b

bI don't know anyone/b

bnamed Melquiades./b

bWell, this is you and that's him./b

bWhat are you doing/b

bwith a photo of me and my kids?/b

bMelquiades gave it to me./b

bPlease, seora,/b

byou can tell me the truth./b

bHe was a good friend of mine./b

bYou were married to him,/b

bweren't you?/b

bDon't talk foolishness./b

bBecause you'll get me in trouble/b

bwith my husband, Javier Martinez.../b

b... and we don't know any Melquiades./b

bExcuse me, ma'am./b

bI didn't want to offend you./b

bBut Melquiades was my friend./b

bGo see Don Casimiro./b

bHe knows everybody/b

bthat comes through town./b

bMaybe he can help you./b

bNo./b

bI don't know him./b

bYou know anything about/b

ba little town called Jimnez?/b

bNo./b

bIt doesn't exist around here./b

bI know for sure./b

bIt doesn't exist./b

bWhy?/b

bYour friend lied to you./b

b- No, he didn't./b

b- Sure he did./b

bThere's no Jimnez, man./b

bWake up./b

b- That place doesn't exist./b

b- Yes, it does./b

bThere is no f***ing Jimnez, man!/b

bDon't you see? There's no Jimnez!/b

bIt exists./b

bJimenez is a beautiful f***ing place./b

bIt sits between two hills./b

bThe air is so clear there.../b

b... you feel like you can hug/b

bthe mountains with your arms./b

bA stream of clear clean fresh water/b

bbubbles up right out of the rocks there./b

bIf you go to Jimenez.../b

b... I swear to you your heart will break/b

bwith so much beauty./b

bThis is Jimenez./b

bIt's just like Mel said it was./b

bGot good water./b

bAnd.../b

b... that's the house./b

bStore's right over yonder./b

bGraveyard./b

bGarden./b

bRight there./b

bSee?/b

bJust like that right there./b

bSee?/b

bYeah./b

bThis is it./b

bYou found it, Pete./b

bWell.../b

b... get down./b

bYou got a grave to dig./b

bAsk Melquiades for forgiveness./b

b- What?/b

b- Ask for forgiveness./b

bAsk for forgiveness right now/b

bor go to hell right now./b

bI don't believe in hell./b

bI'm sorry!/b

bI swear to God, I'm sorry./b

bI swear to God. I swear to God./b

bI did not mean to kill him./b

bIt was a mistake./b

bI didn't want it to happen./b

bIt hurts me, and I regret it.../b

b... every single day./b

bForgive me./b

bForgive me.../b

b... Melquiades.../b

b... for taking your life. Forgive me./b

bForgive me./b

bForgive me./b

bYou can go now./b

bWhere?/b

bTo your wife./b

bWherever./b

bI always.../b

bI always thought that/b

byou'd end up killing me./b

bYou can keep the horse.../b

b... son./b

bYou gonna be all right?/b

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