WhenIsaidthemIwasexpectingdeathindeed，buttorenouncethemnowthatitsshadowwasliftedfromme，ifonlyforalittlewhile，wouldhavebeentheactofacoward。
ForgoodorevilIhadgivenmyselftoMontezuma’sdaughter，andImustabidebyitorbeshamed。
StillsuchwasthenoblenessofthisIndianladythateventhenshewouldnottakemeatmyword。
Foralittlewhileshestoodsmilingsadlyanddrawingalockofherlonghairthroughthehollowofherhand。
Thenshespoke: