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Updated: May 1, 2025
His voice shook, and his whole person trembled, as he asked, "Are ye the children of Chac-Mool, the God of Fire, and therefore the chosen servants of Huitzilopochtli the Terrible, that ye thus can do what among us is done only by our Priest Captain Itzacoatl?"
But in this strange case that has arisen I hold it to be my duty to send news of your coming to the Priest Captain, Itzacoatl, that he and his Council of the Twenty Lords may decide what now is right to do. In this I mean no disrespect and no unkindness; and while we await the Priest Captain's orders I shall have the pleasure to offer you that rest and refreshment of which you stand in need."
"Whence comes the one that you guard so carefully?" "From the Priest Captain from Itzacoatl.
And I may add that if ever a high dignitary of a heathen religion was in a rage, Itzacoatl was in a rage at that particular moment. Young's comment lacked reverence, but it was to the point: "Well, he has got his back up, for sure!"
Doubtless, some sort of an explanation would have followed this strange discovery, for that we had made it was very obvious, but at that moment a man seemingly, from his dress, a priest of high rank came into the hall hurriedly, and very earnestly delivered a communication to Itzacoatl in low, excited tones.
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