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Updated: June 18, 2025
This then was the history of Marina, who betrayed her country for her love's sake, and this the reward of her treason and her love. But I shall always hold her memory sacred, for she was a good friend to me, and twice she saved my life, nor would she desert me, even when Otomie taunted her so cruelly.
If I must wed these Indian girls, I must wed them, but if once I told Otomie that I loved her, then I broke my troth, and with nothing less would she be satisfied. As yet, though I was deeply moved and the temptation was great, I had not come to this. 'Be seated, Otomie, I said, 'and listen to me.
When I awoke it was to find myself in a cave, where the light shone very dimly. Otomie leant over me, and not far away a man was cooking a pot over a fire made of dry aloe leaves. 'Where am I and what has happened? I asked. 'You are safe, beloved, she answered, 'at least for awhile. When you have eaten I will tell you more.
I know it in my heart; ask me not how or why. See, the Queen puts on her crown, and she pointed to the volcan Xaca, whose snows grew rosy with the dawn, 'and you must go to the gate, for the Spaniards will soon be stirring. As Otomie spoke I heard a trumpet blare without the walls.
At once pure and passionate, of royal blood and heart, rich natured and most womanly, yet brave as a man and beautiful as the night, with a mind athirst for knowledge and a spirit that no sorrows could avail to quell, ever changing in her outer moods, and yet most faithful and with the honour of a man, such was Otomie, Montezuma's daughter, princess of the Otomie.
Then I remembered my oath and Otomie, and what she would think of me living or dead, if I did this thing, and I wavered no more. 'I know nothing of the treasure, general, I answered coldly. 'Send me to my death. 'You mean that you will say nothing of it, traitor. Think again. If you have sworn any oaths they are broken by God.
When I awoke it was to find that my bonds had been loosed and that I lay on some sort of bed, while a woman bent over me, tending me with murmured words of pity and love. The night had fallen, but there was light in the chamber, and by it I saw that the woman was none other than Otomie, no longer starved and wretched, but almost as lovely as before the days of siege and hunger.
'I can only read in pictures, Teule. 'It means, Otomie, that in the far land whence I come, there is a woman who loves me, and who is my love. 'Is she your wife then? 'She is not my wife, Otomie, but she is vowed to me in marriage. 'She is vowed to you in marriage, she answered bitterly: 'why, then we are equal, for so am I, Teule.
Indeed I verily believe that at the end of a week, I had increased in weight by a full half; also my weariness was conquered at length, and I was strong again. But when I was neither sleeping nor eating I watched at my window, hoping, though in vain, to catch some sight of Otomie or of Guatemoc.
Hurrying to my post of outlook on the little pyramid, where Otomie joined me, I saw that the whole people were gathered for war. So far as the eye could reach, in square, market place, and street, they were massed in thousands and tens of thousands.
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