The Goldsmith's Daughter (2011)
“Though he strove to contain the secrets his messengers carried within those walls, the emperor could not do so, any more than he could force the gods to do his bidding. Rumours began to leak from the court like water from a cracked jar. It was said that the strangers had turned their faces inland and were journeying towards Tenochtitlán. Whispered reports pooled like puddles in the streets; anyone who walked outside could not avoid treading in them.
We did not need to work. My father and I had ...been so spectacularly paid by the emperor that we had no need to do anything. But without occupation, my thoughts lingered on Mitotiqui. His absence was a constant sorrow, an endless dull pain that penetrated to my core. The house seemed to echo with emptiness now he was gone, and in thinking of what was to become of him I felt I would run mad with woe.
And so I urged my father to let me accompany him to the market, where he might purchase stones. By setting myself a task, I thought I could better bear my distress.MoreLess
We did not need to work. My father and I had ...been so spectacularly paid by the emperor that we had no need to do anything. But without occupation, my thoughts lingered on Mitotiqui. His absence was a constant sorrow, an endless dull pain that penetrated to my core. The house seemed to echo with emptiness now he was gone, and in thinking of what was to become of him I felt I would run mad with woe.
And so I urged my father to let me accompany him to the market, where he might purchase stones. By setting myself a task, I thought I could better bear my distress.MoreLess
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