Had it not been for Cacama's death, I should have said it were best that you should marry Amenche, at once; but among us, it would be most unseemly for a sister to think of marrying, when her brother has but just died." "It is the same with us," Roger said.

"A certain time must always pass, after the death of a near relative, before marriage.

Besides, the present is no time for thinking of such a thing.

My fate is altogether uncertain, and I own that I consider there is small ground for hope that I can escape from the present troubles.

If, as seems certain now, the Spaniards are all destroyed, the people will more than ever venerate their gods, and the power of the priests will be almost unlimited.
"It is useless for me to try to deceive myself, Cuitcatl.