Then in the distance I heard women's voices singing a bridal song that was beautiful enough after its fashion, though I forbear to write it down.

The singing ceased and there came a sound of rustling robes and of low whispering.

Then a man's voice spoke, saying: 'Are ye there, ye chosen of heaven ?' And a woman's voice, I thought it was that of Otomie, answered: 'We are here.' 'O maidens of Anahuac,' said the man speaking from the darkness, 'and you, O Tezcat, god among the gods, listen to my words.

Maidens, a great honour has been done to you, for by the very choice of heaven, you have been endowed with the names, the lovelinesses, and the virtues of the four great goddesses, and chosen to abide a while at the side of this god, your maker and your master, who has been pleased to visit us for a space before he seeks his home in the habitations of the Sun.

See that you show yourselves worthy of this honour.