21/32 He has been brought up among these people." "He is quite right," the young soldier said. Had I known that we were coming here to be butchers, I would never have taken service under Cortez. What should we have said if, on our first arrival here, when Montezuma entertained Cortez and all the cavaliers, his people had slain them at the feast ?" "Hold your tongue, you young fool!" Juan muttered angrily. "The thing is done, and you cannot undo it. |