In the first place, there is the desire for wealth and spoil; in the second, religious ardor--the desire to bring all within the pale of their Church; in the third place, the love of adventure; and, lastly, the honor they will receive, at the hands of their sovereign, for opening so rich an empire to his arms." "You do not think, then, they intend to conquer us ?" "Cortez cannot think of doing so, with the means at his disposal, Cacama; but doubtless he has sent home reports of the richness of the country, and forces many times more numerous than those under his command may be sent out to his assistance." "Does he know that you have come hither ?" Cacama asked suddenly.
"He does," Roger replied.

"I could not leave the palace without permission, and Malinche told him of the kindness I had experienced at your hands.

He himself is uneasy at the position in which he finds himself, uncertain of Montezuma's intentions, and fearful of an assault; and he bade me try to find out, as far as might be, what was the general opinion respecting the Spaniards." "The opinion of the ignorant," Cacama said, with a contemptuous wave of the hand, "is worth nothing.

They go where they are led.
They believe what they are last told.

They shout when they are told to shout.