Montezuma's Daughter Chapter 13 - The Stone Of Sacrifice

In which the narrator, grievously tormented by insects and near despair, is rescued by a strange party of river fishermen who nourish and shelter him, leading him to a mysterious city where custom and faith intermingle in unsettling rites. It is here, amidst foreboding priests and looming pyramids, that the young stranger narrowly escapes death through the intercession of a compassionate maiden and the cunning appeal to divine will.