Zorro was stunned. What had the Sergeant said? Victoria was getting married? How? Who? When? It took a few seconds to recover, and refocus on the job at hand.
The alcalde's pride and joy, the way to finally be rid of Zorro? Just what was the "statue"?
Finally he got his hands on the box. Gazing at the canon, his heart sank. What on earth was deSoto thinking? Shrapnel's invention ensured indiscriminate killing on a massive scale. Half the pueblo massacred for the sake of Zorro? He should feel flattered by deSoto's desperation. Horror shivered through him.