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Montezuma’s Daughter

CHAPTER XIX
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At sunset I was entertained with a splendid feast that lasted two hours or more, and at its end all the company rose and shouted as with one voice: 'Glory to thee, O Tezcat! Happy art thou here on earth, happy mayst thou be in the Houses of the Sun.

When thou comest thither, remember that we dealt well by thee, giving thee of our best, and intercede for us that our sins may be forgiven.

Glory to thee, O Tezcat!' Then two of the chief nobles came forward, and taking torches led me to a magnificent chamber that I had never seen before.

Here they changed my apparel, investing me in robes which were still more splendid than any that I had worn hitherto, being made of the finest embroidered cotton and of the glittering feathers of the humming bird.

On my head they set wreaths of flowers, and about my neck and wrists emeralds of vast size and value, and a sorry popinjay I looked in this attire, that seemed more suited to a woman's beauty than to me.
When I was arrayed, suddenly the torches were extinguished and for a while there was silence.


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