So, if we are destined to conquer, our triumph shall be made sure, and if we are doomed to fail, at least there will be a story to be told of us.

Do you swear, my people and my brethren ?' 'We swear,' they answered with a shout.
'It is well,' said Guatemoc.

'And now may everlasting shame overtake him who breaks this oath.' Thus then was Guatemoc, the last and greatest of the Aztec emperors, elected to the throne of his forefathers.

It was happy for him that he could not foresee that dreadful day when he, the noblest of men, must meet a felon's doom at the hand of these very Teules.

Yet so it came about, for the destiny that lay upon the land smote all alike, indeed the greater the man the more certain was his fate.
When all was done I hurried to the palace to tell Otomie what had come to pass, and found her in our sleeping chamber lying on her bed.
'What ails you, Otomie ?' I asked.
'Alas! my husband,' she answered, 'the pestilence has stricken me.