I am the bearer of their names.' 'Speak on, princess of the Otomie.' 'They are'-- and she named three ladies whom I knew to be among the loveliest in the land.
'I thought that there were four,' I said with a bitter laugh.

'Am I to be defrauded of the fourth ?' 'There is a fourth,' she answered, and was silent.
'Give me her name,' I cried.

'What other slut has been found to marry a felon doomed to sacrifice ?' 'One has been found, O Tezcat, who has borne other titles than this you give her.' Now I looked at her questioningly, and she spoke again in a low voice.
'I, Otomie, princess of the Otomie, Montezuma's daughter, am the fourth and the first.' 'You!' I said, sinking back upon my cushions.

'YOU!' 'Yes, I.Listen: I was chosen by the priests as the most lovely in the land, however unworthily.

My father, the emperor, was angry and said that whatever befell, I should never be the wife of a captive who must die upon the altar of sacrifice.