Then my heart sank, for it was not difficult to guess the object of their coming.
'Speak on, Maxtla,' said Otomie, 'for we must hear what there is for us to answer, and you, people of the Otomie, I pray you keep silence, that you may judge between us when there is an end of talking.' Now a great silence fell upon the multitude, who pressed together like sheep in a pen, and strained their ears to catch the words of Maxtla.
'My speech with you, princess, and the Teule your outlawed husband, shall be short and sharp,' he began roughly.

'A while hence you came hither to seek an army to aid Cuitlahua, Emperor of the Aztecs, in his struggle with the Teules, the sons of Quetzal.

That army was given you, against the wishes of many of us, for you won over the council by the honey of your words, and we who urged caution, or even an alliance with the white men, the children of god, were overruled.

You went hence, and twenty thousand men, the flower of our people, followed you to Tenoctitlan.

Where are they now?
I will tell you.