CHAPTER XXII.
SANDOVAL PLIGHTS HIS TROTH.

HEN Sandoval returned with the others to the
Spanish quarters, after leaving the temple, he
urged Marina to find out who had sent the message
that had despatched him on so fruitless an errand to
Huitzil’s shrine, and, if possible, what it meant. This
Marina was only too glad to undertake; for she, as
well as the young Spaniard, was anxious and unhappy
concerning the fate of him who had been her patient
in Tlascala.

In the meantime Sandoval, visiting the Tlascalan
quarters, found the fieree warriors very angry, and
inclined to quarrel with some one, on account of the
loss of their well-liked young chief. They could form
no idea of what had become of him, but declared that
if he were not restored to them soon, and in safety,
the city that had swallowed him should be made to
feel their vengeance. The matter was becoming so

serious that it must be reported to Cortes. Upon hear-
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