"Directly I entered the palace, an attendant told me that I was being inquired for, and I proceeded straight to the royal apartments.

Montezuma's messengers were there.

They at once asked me if I had seen you.

I said yes, that we had been walking together, but that you had not returned with me, as you said that the night was so lovely you should remain out for some time longer.

They asked me if I could lead them to where you were; but I said that you had not told me which way you should go, and you might, for aught I knew, have taken a canoe and gone for a moonlight row on the lake, as was often your custom.
"Orders have been issued to the city guard to arrest you, immediately, wherever you might be found; and the envoys themselves started at once, with the guard they had brought with them, to the waterside.