Is not your life too precious to be set on such a stake as this foreigner's faith?
for learn, Otomie, if he proves false your rank shall not help you.' 'I know it all,' she replied quietly.

'Foreigner or not, I love this man and I will answer for him with my blood.

Moreover, I look to him to assist me to win back the people of the Otomie to their allegiance.

But let him speak for himself, my lord.

It may happen that he has no desire to take me in marriage.' Cuitlahua smiled grimly and said, 'When the choice lies between the breast of death and those fair arms of yours, niece, it is easy to guess his answer.