Then of a sudden I was commanded to strip myself of my garments, and this I did with no little shame, till I stood naked before them all.

Now the priests came forward and examined every part of me closely.

On my arms were the scars left by de Garcia's sword, and on my breast the scarcely healed marks of the puma's teeth and claws.

These wounds they scanned, asking how I had come by them.

I told them, and thereupon they carried on a discussion among themselves, and out of my hearing, which grew so warm that at length they appealed to the emperor to decide the point.