Ned said nothing, but he pressed his teeth together savagely and his heart swelled with hate of the sleek and triumphant Urrea.
"General Santa Anna, engrossed in much more important matters, has doubtless forgotten you," continued the Mexican, "but I will see that you do not escape.

Why he spares you I know not, but it is his wish." He called to two soldiers, whom he detailed to follow Ned and see that he made no attempt to escape.

The boy was yet so deeply absorbed in the Alamo that no room was left in his mind for anything else.

Nor did he care to talk further with Urrea, who he knew was not above aiming a shaft or two at an enemy in his power.

He remained in the crowd until Santa Anna ordered that all but the troops be cleared from the Alamo.
Then, at the order of the dictator, the bodies of the Texans were taken without.