Surely it is done with, or they had not suffered me to come to you ?' 'Alas! Otomie, I must tell all--it is NOT done with,' and with faltering voice I went on with the tale, yes, and since I must, I told her for what purpose she had been brought here.

She listened without a word, though her lips turned pale.
'Truly,' she said when I had done, 'these Teules far surpass the pabas of our people, for if the priests torture and sacrifice, it is to the gods and not for gold and secret hate.

Now, husband, what is your counsel?
Surely you have some counsel.' 'I have none that I dare offer, wife,' I groaned.
'You are timid as a girl who will not utter the love she burns to tell,' Otomie answered with a proud and bitter laugh.

'Well, I will speak it for you.

It is in your mind that we must die to-night.' 'It is,' I said; 'death now, or shame and agony to-morrow and then death at last, that is our choice.