When Diego's fencing teacher at Madrid university, Sir Edmond Kendall, arrives by stagecoach in Los Angeles and refuses as British knight to pay the travelers tax, he fights the lancers and is appalled Diego fakes being unable to win, rather paying for him. The alcalde orders Mendoza to finds out about him; don Alejandro knows him since 30 years, but releases nothing useful. At the hacienda, sir Edmund and Diego, who were training together, are shot at by two men; he recognizes them as Sanchez and Figueroa

Señorita Amanda Herrera, a surveyor's daughter who is the guest of the De la Vega's, captures Sergeant Jaime Mendoza's heart a first sight, for once more attractive then Victoria's food, but private Pedro Sanchez gets her to dance, so he pesters the poor soldier, even with latrine duty, hoping to make him demand a transfer. Diego and Alejandro coach his courting, an even heavier duty. Alas she has still another, higher-ranking suitor, the alcalde, and falls for none. Zorro rode against the same two bandits the alcalde sent his love rivals searching for