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Updated: June 13, 2025
Roger ran into his room; emptied, from a drawer where they were lying, the gold ornaments and presents he had received, and tied them in a cloth; caught up his sword and then, with Cuitcatl, hurried down the passage. Just as they reached the end, they saw a party appear at the other extremity, preceded by an official carrying torches. "We are but just in time," the young noble said.
"Come, I will take you to the royal apartments, and leave you in a room where no one will enter, until I inform Cacama that you are here." A few minutes later the young king entered the apartment where Cuitcatl had placed Roger, and embraced him with real affection. "Truly, I am glad to see you again, Roger Hawkshaw.
"'Come here on your way, Cuitcatl. I shall go down with Amenche to say goodbye to him. This obstinate girl has determined to go, and I cannot let her go alone. "As soon as I left them, I went down to the town and found my hunter, who has taken a vow to lay down his life to save you, if necessary. "Here are some peasant's clothes a coarse cotton mantle, and a short skirt. Here is a jar of dye.
The gardens were of great extent, and Roger was surprised at the extreme fearlessness of the innumerable birds, of all kinds, that seemed to regard them as their natural home. "Why should they not be fearless?" Cuitcatl said, when he expressed his surprise. "They have never been frightened, and regard all who come here as their friends, rather than as their enemies.
If I return hither to you, we will be married at once, in Mexican fashion, and go through the ceremony again, when we join the Spaniards." A few minutes later Cuitcatl returned, as did Maclutha and Bathalda, the latter bearing a basket with some provisions.
We can take what we choose from this separate hoard, and Cuicuitzca will find, from the list in the hands of the chief of the treasury, that the royal store is untouched." "That will be vastly better, indeed," Cuitcatl said. "It is well that he should have no possible cause of complaint against you. Where is this hidden receptacle?"
The man led the way down to the lake, and then along the shore for some little distance. "There is the canoe," he said. Cuitcatl embraced Roger. "I wish that I could go with you, my white brother, and share your dangers down to the coast," he said; "but I could aid you but little, and my life would be forfeited on my return. May the gods of Mexico, and the God you worship, protect you.
"I hope, Cuitcatl, that when the resistance is over as it must be before long, for I know from the talk of the guards that famine is among you, and that hundreds are dying daily I hope that I may be able to aid you, as you are aiding me." "I care not to live," Cuitcatl said. "The empire is lost." "But there is no dishonor in that," Roger replied.
"These must be the people you told us of, the first night you came." "No doubt they are so; but, Cuitcatl, you had best return at once to your chamber. You will be missed as well as I shall, and it would be suspected that you had a share in my flight; and if I should make my escape, the emperor's vengeance may fall on you. Pray leave me at once.
"They will not shoot you down," Cuitcatl said. "You may be quite sure that the orders will be to take you alive, and this will give you a great advantage, if you are attacked. 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."
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