THE FOUR GODDESSES Some weary time went by, and at last came the day of the entry into Mexico of Cortes and his conquerors.

Now of all the doings of the Spaniards after they occupied the city, I do not propose to speak at length, for these are matters of history, and I have my own story to tell.

So I shall only write of those of them with which I was concerned myself.

I did not see the meeting between Montezuma and Cortes, though I saw the emperor set out to it clad like Solomon in his glory and surrounded by his nobles.

But I am sure of this, that no slave being led to sacrifice carried a heavier heart in his breast than that of Montezuma on this unlucky day.