During the time I was at Tabasco I was waited upon by a Mexican slave girl, who taught me her tongue." The king burst into a hearty laugh, in which even the grave counselors joined, at this simple solution at what had appeared to them so strange a mystery.
"Cuitcatl," the king said to one of the young nobles, "I hand over Roger Hawkshaw to your charge.

You see you need not be afraid of him, and he will throw no spells over you.

Show him all there is to see in the city; but go not far away, for we shall have frequent occasions to speak to him.

He will have a seat in the council, and at our own table.

See that all know that we most highly esteem and desire to honor him." Bowing deeply to the king, queen, and princess, Roger followed the young noble into whose charge he had been given.