'Certainly I never thought to see you alive to-night, or myself either for that matter.

But it is a strange world, and now, if never before in Tenoctitlan, those things happen for which we look the least.

But I have no time for words.

I came to summon you before the council.' 'What is to be my fate ?' I asked.

'To be dragged back to the stone of sacrifice ?' 'Nay, have no fear of that.