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Montezuma’s Daughter

CHAPTER XIV
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The Teule is a son of Quetzal, as you have yourself declared, and Quetzal will be avenged because of his son.

Away with him, here is your warrant.' Then the priests, who till this moment had been his servants, dragged their chief to the stone, and there, notwithstanding his prayers and bellowings, one who had donned his mantle practised his own art upon him, and presently his body was cast down the side of the pyramid.

For my part I am not sufficient of a Christian to pretend that I was sorry to see him die in that same fashion by which he had caused the death of so many better men.
When it was done Guatemoc turned to me and said, 'So perish all your enemies, my friend Teule.' Within an hour of this event, which revealed to me how great was the power of Montezuma, seeing that the sight of a ring from his finger could bring about the instant death of a high priest at the hands of his disciples, we started on our long journey.

But before I went I bid a warm farewell to my friend the cacique, and also to Marina, who wept at my going.

The cacique I never saw again, but Marina I did see.
For a whole month we travelled, for the way was far and the road rough, and sometimes we must cut our path through forests and sometimes we must wait upon the banks of rivers.


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