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Updated: May 9, 2025
'Look! she cried in a piercing voice, and pointing to the scars and unhealed wounds upon my face and leg; 'look on the work of the Teule and the Tlascalan, see how the foe is dealt with who surrenders to them.
When I entered, a man in mail, who sat in the centre of the half circle, and in whom I knew Cuitlahua, who would be emperor should Montezuma die, looked up quickly and said: 'Who is this, Guatemoc, that you bring with you? Ah! I remember; the Teule that was the god Tezcat, and who escaped the sacrifice to-day. Listen, nobles. What is to be done with this man?
'My speech with you, princess, and the Teule your outlawed husband, shall be short and sharp, he began roughly. 'A while hence you came hither to seek an army to aid Cuitlahua, Emperor of the Aztecs, in his struggle with the Teules, the sons of Quetzal.
Now, she said, I was evidently a Teule, and Montezuma would be angered, indeed, if I were sacrificed in a far-off town, instead of being sent to him to sacrifice if he saw fit. To this the cacique answered that the words were wise, but that she should have spoken them before, for now the priests had got hold of me, and it was hopeless to save me from their grip.
'Why should you wish to save the Teules? Will they save us some few days hence, when WE are in their power? 'Perhaps not, I said, 'but if we must die, let us die clean from this shame. 'What then do you wish me to do, Teule? 'This: I would have you find some three or four men who are not fallen into this madness, and with them aid me to loose the Teules, for we cannot save the others.
'It is well for all here that you were so snatched before the breath of life had left you, else Montezuma's wrath had fallen on this city. And he looked at the cacique who trembled, such in those days was the terror of Montezuma's name. Then he asked me if I was a Teule or Spaniard. I told him that I was no Spaniard but one of another white race who had Spanish blood in his veins.
'Do as I do, Teule, said Guatemoc, and led the way up the chamber, till we reached the place where the wooden screen had been, which, as we passed it, was drawn behind us, shutting us off from the hall. Here we stood a while, with folded hands and downcast eyes, till a signal was made to us to advance. 'Your report, nephew, said Montezuma in a low voice of command.
Defy Malinche, and if you must die at last, die as free men and not as the slaves of the Teule.
'Nay, lord, said Guatemoc, 'these two have mingled bloods already upon the stone of sacrifice, and they are man and wife. But I also have vouched for him, and I offer mine in earnest of my faith. 'This Teule has good friends, said Cuitlahua; 'you honour him overmuch. But so be it.
Then I bade her eat something herself, and when she had done so I gathered my wits together and spoke to her. 'What next? I said. 'Presently the priests will be on us, and we shall be dragged back to sacrifice. There is no hope for me here, I must fly to the Spaniards and trust to their mercy. 'To the mercy of that man with the sword? Say, Teule, who is he?
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