With an exclamation of surprise, the two young men rose to their feet and saluted deeply.
"You must fly," she exclaimed to Roger, "and at once.

The royal boat has just come from Mexico, with two nobles and a guard.

They have orders to carry you back with them.

The news has arrived that several floating castles, filled with white men with strange arms and animals, have arrived on the coast.

Secret council has been held, and Montezuma is full of alarm.