I want her out of here today.
Won't you ask me to go with you? -You'd better forget you ever loved me.
Follow my wife. I want to know where she goes and whom she sees.
For your own sake, be discreet.
Keeping your secret will be worth more than telling your husband.
Look, there he is, in the window.
If we know what room he stayed in, we can check the register for a name.
Is it the room? -It's the one in between.
There's no room in between. -That can't be.
Warn us if anyone comes. -Alright.
In memory of Juan Luis Galiardo
You gave me a fright, sir. I thought you were gone.
Changing the towels at this hour?
I wanted to check if the lady needed anything else.
As you see, she's not here. Have you seen her?
I saw her on the second floor before.
I don't see anything.
Me neither. Maybe in the other room. -Let's go.
Don Diego.
I'm a waiter, I won't raise his suspicion.
You and I alone here? You know how jealous he is.
Have you seen my wife? -No, señor Murquía.
Who's in that room? -It's empty.
Did the door close by itself? -It must have been the wind.
I knew this would happen. -Quiet.
We'll be dead soon. At least, I will. -Please, shut up.
I want you to know I've loved you ever since I saw you at the station.
Please.
I tried to stop loving you, but I can't. -Julio.
The key, I left the key out there.
There's no one here.
This must be the secret room.
I can't find the light switch.
I don't think there's electricity here. Light a candle.
Calm. -What was that?
You're not used to seeing rats, but there's no need to be afraid.
Don't joke about that. Rats carry diseases.
Well, I don't see any. Of course, the bats have eaten them.
What bats? -Is there an animal you're not afraid of?
Don't make fun of me. Now I see how you really are.
Don't get angry. I thought you were braver.
I am. I am brave.
Julio, I burned myself.
A desk.
And books.
Light the candelabra.
What's the matter?
My father's glasses and pipe.
These are all his things.
It must have been your father's secret office.
I don't know if 'office' is the right word.
What was the man who tried to kill Andrés doing here?
I don't know. But if he wanted to hide inside the hotel, this is the best place.
I don't understand. Who is it? What does he have against Andrés?
Let's go. Your husband is back at the hotel. You ought to join him.
You're right.
Waiter.
Excuse me. -I'll keep this.
I hope you have good reason to be here.
Forget about me. -What's that?
I'm not the director. I don't have to go to Santander or anywhere else.
You've been drinking.
Are you going to kick me out? -Please don't make a show of yourself.
If the guests see the director drunk...
I'm not the director. -We've lost valuable time...
and Gonzalo continues to mock us. -Oh, doña Teresa.
You know what? I'll show you that even though I'm a little drunk...
and even though I'm not the director, I'm worth much more than that marquis.
Has Gonzalo left the hotel since he arrived?
Not that I know.
Has he sent anything by mail? -No.
But he won't tell us where he hid the document.
And what if we've already found it? -But we haven't.
He doesn't know that.
Leave us alone.
Now.
What's going on?
As they're packing your baggage, you'll pay the bill and leave the hotel.
I see my aunt hasn't informed you. But of course, you're no longer the director.
It's your aunt who told me to throw you out, imbecile.
You're lying. My aunt knows I have something that makes me untouchable.
Not anymore.
Is this the reservation list? -Yes.
We have important guests. -Yes, sir.
I need to see doña Teresa. It's urgent. -I'll tell her right away.
Are you drunk, Diego?
This hasn't finished yet. Give me that.
Give it to me. Give me that document.
I'm a little drunk.
But this is my house. -Bastard.
I didn't want to buy it, but you insisted, remember?
Yes. -When we were in Paris...
I came to believe you could be happy by my side.
You don't anymore?
Do you? -I don't know.
I'm your wife. That's what you wanted. -I wanted more.
I want more.
I want you...
to find it hard to be away from me, I want you to be my lover...
unable to imagine life without me.
That's how I feel about you.
And till we came back from our honeymoon...
every day gave me more hope.
I felt you...
a little closer every day.
And all of a sudden...
So I've been thinking.
I want us to take another trip.
How can we do that?
What reason will we give? -I'm not the director anymore.
Recovering the love of my wife seems a perfect excuse to me.
So you know. We'll leave next week. Think about where you'd like to go.
Diego, I'm not going on any trip.
What are you saying? -That if...
our relationship isn't going well, leaving the hotel is not the solution.
Are you sure that's the reason you don't want to leave the hotel?
What do you want to tell me? -I've told you what I wanted to tell you.
We're going on a trip next week. -And I told you I won't leave.
What will you do? Force me? -If it's necessary, I assure you I will.
This was meant for you, but I found it.
'I know you're deceiving your husband. Stop seeing your lover or he'll find out.'
Do you have anything to tell me? -You've already drawn your conclusion.
You haven't answered me. -And I don't see why I should.
Look, if you put a photo in here and move it, you see it in relief.
As if you could touch it.
Now look at this one.
My father.
And this is the man from the movie. -They seem good friends.
Are you sure you've never seen him?
No.
What happened?
Did Diego do that to you?
He had this.
He doesn't suspect you, but he no longer trusts me.
Someone else knows, Julio.
I know who wrote this. -I'm sorry.
How could he do this to you?
It's my fault, I'm sorry.
I could stay here the rest of the day. -It wouldn't be long, it's almost evening.
In that case, the rest of the week.
I doubt a secret room has room service. -Who needs it?
The window.
What about it?
It's clean. If no one had been here, it would have been full of dust.
That means...
Seen anyone? -No.
He tried to kill Andrés and he knew my father. That's not a coincidence.
So your father's death and Andrés's case are connected.
Do you think he's the man who killed my father?
I don't know.
This was his room, wasn't it? -These are all things of his.
Whoever wanted to come in fled so as not be linked to him.
I can only think of one person. -Ángela?
Maybe she knows who it is and what he was doing here.
What will you do? Ask her? She'll deny everything.
Not if you surprise her here. We have to get her to come back. I know how.
It'll have to be tomorrow. It's late and I have to go back to my room.
Of course.
I'm sorry. -Julio, what's going on?
What's this?
'I know you're deceiving your husband. Stop seeing your lover or he'll find out.'
Someone left it for Alicia, but Diego found it.
I don't know what you mean. -I taught you to write. You wrote this.
Why did you do it? For money? -No.
You like making your employer suffer? -I respect doña Alicia.
So why do you want to hurt her? -I wanted to get her away from you.
From me? -I did it for you. You know I love you.
You know it's not reciprocal.
So what? It's about you, not me. Alicia will never be yours.
But you keep insisting, and I see how you suffer, giving yourself false hopes.
I only wanted her to leave you alone.
Maybe I won't make you happy, but neither will she.
I know I shouldn't have written that note. It has only complicated things.
But I worry about you, Julio. -You've made things worse.
Much worse. If you really love me, promise you won't do anything else.
She doesn't deserve you. -Isabel, promise me.
Tell me you'll keep quiet.
Alright, but only for you. Don't say anything to doña Alicia.
Julio, please.
Alright.
But this ends here.
Make as much noise as you want. You won't wake anyone.
I looked all over the hotel for you to make my apology. Where were you?
After what happened, I didn't want to be with you.
Alicia.
Listen to me, please. I'm really sorry.
What has happened to us?
How could we have let all this ruin what we had?
Alicia, don't be afraid.
I won't hurt you again. You know I never did before.
And I don't want to do it again. It's that all this is driving me insane.
I couldn't stand the thought of you with another man.
It won't ever happen again, I swear.
Because now I know I can trust you.
Right, Alicia?
Yes.
That note...
It's a lie. There's no one else.
I'm really sorry. I'm sorry, Alicia.
Please, don't reject me. -Diego, I need time, that's all.
You should have been down already. -I'm sorry, doña Ángela.
Wait. I see you've had time to make yourself up.
You know I want all the maids to have clean faces.
One hardly notices, madam. -I noticed. Give me the makeup.
Go on and wash your face.
This is unacceptable. Where's don Ernesto?
We haven't seen him. Still in bed, I guess.
At 6.30? Don't talk nonsense. -Shall I check?
No, continue preparing breakfast. I'll do it.
Was she wearing makeup? -Doña Ángela with makeup? Forget it.
to doña Ángela
'My dear Ángela, you're a wonderful woman.
Don't be upset because I left like this. I didn't have the heart to say goodbye.
I'm going the way I arrived.
I'd like you to remember me as the passer-by I've always been.
I hope I have nothing to reproach myself for.
I will always remember you with that smile I only saw two times...
but which nonetheless incited me to buy you those earrings...
which I should never have given you. Forgive me.
Somehow my old heart wanted to believe yours would answer in kind.
I hope this blunder won't erase the good memories you may have of me.
Farewell, Ángela.
In case we shouldn't meet again, know that I always carry you with me.
Ernesto Varela.'
Last year, due to my husband's death...
the Grand Hotel's annual masked ball couldn't take place.
This year we'll continue the tradition.
Where is Ernesto? I assume he wants to be informed.
It will be his first masked ball here. -Don Ernesto has left, madam.
He's left? What a great sense of responsibility, and how timely.
That means all of you have to make an even greater effort.
I won't tolerate any mistakes during such a much-publicized event.
Don Ernesto has left? Why? -Don't ask. Go on with your work.
Who left this here? Did you see anyone?
Isn't that don Carlos? Maybe doña Teresa left it there.
Julio, what are you doing here? We have to serve breakfast. Come.
Why are you here, madam? -I discovered this room last night.
But I see you already know it. -I came in to clean.
I heard a noise and took fright. -That was me.
And now I came to put this back. -I left that photo there for you to see.
What is this place? -It was your father's.
A room to withdraw to and be alone.
Alone? Or with you? -Your father confided in me.
He wasn't going to clean it himself. No one else knew about it.
Ángela, stop dissimulating. Was it here that you got together?
I'm not here to judge the love you felt for my father.
You have every right to, madam.
He was the man you loved, and I imagine he loved you as well.
That's not within one's control. Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm not.
You should be. I suffered a lot, and I caused a lot of suffering.
I did things I shouldn't have done.
Ángela, did anyone else know about this room?
That man next to my father, do you know him?
No. But I do remember your father's suit.
I helped him pick it and fixed it for him, right here in this room.
He wasn't happy with the tailor's job.
Why do you ask about that man?
I thought I knew all of my father's friends, but I don't know who he is.
They must have been very close, if he knew about this room.
Maybe he discovered it, just like you did.
I found it after I saw that man here in the window in my wedding movie.
I can't tell you anything else, madam. I'm sorry I harmed your family.
You didn't harm anyone, Ángela.
And don't worry, for my family it'll be as if this room never existed.
If only it was that easy for me.
Why are you here? Don Diego's looking for you.
I can't keep covering for you. Don't ruin my plan.
What do you want from me, Garrido? -You know what.
What is it you want me steal? -The content of your husband's safe.
If you want money, I can give it to you. -I want the documents in that safe.
I'm sorry, I don't have the combination. -Then find out what it is.
Your husband keeps a record of all his bribes and blackmails there.
Those document are worth a lot and will put Diego in prison.
Don't look like that. After deceiving him, you suddenly feel sorry for him?
You've put great effort into deceiving him. Give this your best shot as well.
Is anything wrong? -No, we talked about the masked ball.
I'm going to see if my dress is ready.
Everything alright between you?
You couldn't follow my wife nor find out who wrote that note.
And you still have the nerve to ask me if everything is alright?
Sir, if your wife was seeing anyone, I doubt she will after seeing that note.
Don't doubt, Garrido, make sure of it. -I'm trying, sir.
By asking my wife directly? -No, sir.
So can you explain to me why you should be chitchatting with my wife?
Answer my question, Garrido.
I asked about her plans, so as not to lose her from sight.
I hope not, because if you do, I'll have to fire you.
Moreover, you and I will have a problem.
Have you understood?
It's a waste of time. -Asking can't hurt.
The old lady will never agree. -Three reals against one peseta.
Get your three reals ready.
Doña Ángela?
What is it? -We want to ask you something.
We were talking among the staff. -What about?
We'd like to ask you...
as upstairs they're having the masked ball...
if you'd let us have our own little party downstairs.
With masks? -Just a small party.
Don Ernesto told us the staff of the Marquis de Segra always have one.
Before the ball, of course, so our work won't suffer.
Can we?
I'll have to ask doña Teresa. As for me, I don't have any objection.
Thank you.
You owe me a peseta. -Yes.
Did you check the payslips?
Until there's a new maître, Antonio can be in charge of the restaurant.
Under your watch. -Of course.
Julio is very bright and can direct the room service. My son can assist him.
And you'll supervise them. -Of course, madam.
Everything else I can personally look after.
For the masked ball you can contract three or four extra waiters and maids.
I think that will be enough.
Anything else? -No, madam.
Or yes, there is.
The staff asked me for permission to organize their own masked ball.
What an absurd idea.
It would be a small party, before the real one, of course.
Tell them the hotel's staff doesn't need distractions.
At your orders, madam.
Wait, Ángela, I think it's a good idea. Organize it.
Thank you, sir. And madam.
At the marquisate we always let the staff have their parties.
It made them more loyal to the family.
You only did it to contradict me, didn't you?
You offend me. Why would I base my decisions on something that primitive?
This room is so sad without the baby. -Don Alfredo even took his clothes.
You think he will leave doña Sofía? -I don't see them solve their problems.
Have you finished? -Yes, Marquise.
I'm sure you have more things to do. -Yes, madam.
You have to be more discreet. The staff is gossiping about us.
Funny you ask my son to be decorous...
while you Alarcóns had no qualms bringing our ruin to light.
My mother has come to visit.
That's a big surprise, Marquise.
Now that my son is the director, I don't have to announce my visits.
If you'll excuse me.
You shouldn't talk so loud. You've woken Alejandro.
How long are you planning to keep up this farce?
After what she did to you, you can get the marriage annulled.
I don't want to discuss it now, Mother. -This is the time.
Why do you put up with that child? -He's my son.
Have you lost your judgment? That baby has no Vergara blood.
Will you leave the title to a bastard? -Don't talk about Alejandro like that.
I've recognized him as my own son. -Another farce.
He's the only good thing this family has given me. I won't renounce him.
And will he inherit your title?
You can have other children, children that are really yours.
We can't have children of our own. -Not with that woman.
Many others would gladly give you an heir. Our lineage still has a future.
Mother, the future of our lineage is right in front of your eyes.