Even the priests would not venture to seize me in his palace, and the Tezcucans are far less bigoted than the people of this city." "I do not think he will be in much greater danger there than he would be here," Cortez said, when these remarks were translated to him.

"We are all in danger.

We are sitting on a mine that may explode any minute.

The young fellow is sharp witted, and with his knowledge of the language and the people can be trusted to take care of himself.
"Sancho, if anything should happen to us, and you should hear that we have been destroyed, I charge you to carry the news to the coast, and to order in my name that all shall embark on board ship and sail to Cuba.

It would be useless to try to maintain a foothold here.