She was tall and stately, and beneath her rough outer robe splendidly attired in worked and jewelled garments.

Weary and bewildered as I was, her loveliness seized me as it were in a vice, never before had I seen such loveliness.

For her eye was proud and full like the eye of a buck, her curling hair fell upon her shoulders, and her features were very noble, yet tender almost to sadness, though at times she could seem fierce enough.

This lady was yet in her first youth, perchance she may have seen some eighteen years, but her shape was that of a full-grown woman and most royal.
'Greeting, Guatemoc my cousin,' she said in a sweet voice; 'so you are come at last.

My royal father has awaited you for long and will ask questions as to your delay.