But I must be going up now to the palace again, to show myself, for a time, among our friends.

Just as the moon sets I will be here." "Will you thank the queen and princess for their kindness," Roger said, "and say that, much as I should like to say goodbye to them, I would not that they should run any risks by coming to see me ?" "They will come," Cuitcatl said, "unless I am greatly mistaken.

The princess would come, even if her uncle Montezuma were, himself, watching her." Roger sat down again, and watched the moon going down.

He felt a certain sense of exhilaration at the thought that he was about to enter upon a life of active adventure, again.

It had seemed to him, lately, that his life was to be spent in this strange country, cut off from all chances of ever returning to England; and that, sooner or later, he was assuredly destined to form a part of their hideous sacrifices.