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Updated: June 12, 2025
When she was christened for of course she had to be christened before we were married Father Olmedo said she must have a Christian name, and christened her Caterina; but for all that her name is Amenche, and we mean to stick to it. "But come along; she has been an hour alone in this strange place, already, and must begin to think that I have run away from her."
If the Spaniards are destroyed, I have but one chance of my life: and that is, to make my way down to the coast, and to sail away with the Spaniards there." Cuitcatl was silent, for he felt the force of what Roger said. "If you go, you must not go alone," he replied at last. "Amenche would die, were you to desert her."
Bathalda came on the day after Roger's return, with the news that the two ladies had reached Cuitcatl's house in safety and, as they believed, without exciting observation. The queen was anxious to know if he had seen Cacama, and whether her husband had any instructions for her. Amenche simply sent him some flowers, gathered by her own hand. Roger gave Bathalda Cacama's message to the queen.
"Roger, I am sorry for you, I am sorry for my wife, and for Amenche; but I rejoice for my country. If you should escape this night, Roger and you have more chance than most, since you speak our language do all you can for them." "You may be sure that I shall do that, Cacama; but the chance of any escaping seems, to me, a small one. Still, it may be that some will get over alive.
Dorothy and Agnes were at once won by the soft beauty of the dark-skinned princess; and when, that evening, Roger told the story of all that had taken place in Mexico, Dame Mercy's last prejudice vanished, and she took Amenche in her arms and kissed her tenderly. "My dear," she said, "Roger has always been as a son to me, and henceforth you will be as one of my daughters."
Malinche went out and soon returned, saying that she had spoken to one of the Tezcucan caziques in alliance with the Spaniards. He had at once offered to receive Amenche at his palace, which was situate but three miles from the end of the causeway. "I cannot leave Roger again," the princess said, when she understood what was proposed.
While out in the market, he purchased a large packet of choice and delicate sweetmeats, of which he knew Amenche was particularly fond, and gave them to Bathalda; with the message that he would someday teach her to read and write, and then, when they were away from each other, they could talk at a distance.
It seems to me, now, that I could be content to settle down for life here, with so charming a wife; but I cannot say that I might always be of that mind. The love of country is strong in every man, and the time might come when, if opportunity offered, I might long to return home to England." "That I have talked over with the queen, and with Amenche, herself," Cacama said.
The two bags of jewels, and those which Amenche had brought away with her, would suffice to make him a very rich man. He had learned, from a vessel which was spoken as they neared Spain, that England and Spain were in alliance against France; and he had no doubt, therefore, that he should find English ships at Cadiz.
"What is the matter?" he asked, bewildered. "What did the queen mean that I had done harm enough?" "Do you mean to say that you have not seen that Amenche loves you?" "I never dreamed of such a thing," Roger exclaimed.
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