Itvanished，butwhereithadbeenanotherlightnowburned，forthetempleofQuetzalwasafire。
NowcriesoffearandlamentationarosefromallwhobeheldthesewondersonthehillofChapoltepecandalsofromthecitybelow。
EvenIwasfrightened，Idonotknowwhy，foritmaywellbethattheblazeoflightwhichwesawonthatandafternightswasnothingbutthebrightnessofacomet，andthatthefireinthetemplewascausedbyathunderbolt。
Buttothesepeople，andmoreespeciallytoMontezuma，whosemindwasfilledalreadywithrumoursofthecomingofastrangewhiterace，which，asitwastrulyprophesied，wouldbringhisempiretonothingness，theomensseemedveryevil。
Indeed，iftheyhadanydoubtastotheirmeaning，itwassoontobedispelled，intheirmindsatleast。