"Did you know at the time of your marriage that Itlza had been chosen by Hualcoyotl to be his queen?"
"I did."
"Were you aware of the consequences of such a step, under the circumstances?"
"I was."
"And took the step in the face of such knowledge?" questioned the judge in a severe stress of voice.
"Even so," answered Cacami, undaunted by the sternness of the judge; "rather than see her whom I love the wife of another, though that other was the king."
This answer produced such a commotion and hum of voices that the officer in attendance had to command order.
"Thus did you err a second time, and grievously," said the judge, and the court looked grave and foreboding.
Cacami was now told to be seated.
"Itlza will rise and answer," said the judge, addressing her courteously. When she had risen he continued: