Some of them cursed us, some mocked, but those of the nobler sort said nothing, for they pitied our plight and respected us for the courage we had shown in the last struggle.

Their Indian allies were there also, and these grinned like unfed pumas, snarling and whimpering for our lives, till their masters kicked them to silence.

The last act of the fall of Anahuac was as the first had been, dog still ate dog, leaving the goodly spoil to the lion who watched.
At the gates we were sorted out; the men of small condition, together with the children, were taken from the ruined city by an escort and turned loose upon the mountains, while those of note were brought to the Spanish camp, to be questioned there before they were set free.

I, with my wife and son, was led to the palace, our old home, there to learn the will of the Captain Diaz.
It is but a little way to go, and yet there was something to be seen in the path.

For as we walked I looked up, and before me, standing with folded arms and apart from all men, was de Garcia.