"See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire." Chapter 1, pg. 3

"Five days later on the dead man's horse he followed the riders and wagons through the plaza and out of the town on the road downcountry." Chapter 4, pg. 42

"With darkness one soul rose wondrously from among the new slain dead and stole away in the moonlight." Chapter 5, pg. 55

"On to the edge of the city by the old stone aqueduct where the governor gave them his blessing and drank their health and their fortune in a simple ceremonial and they took the road upcountry." Chapter 6, pg. 80

"Now a member of the company seated there seemed to weigh the judge's words and some turned to look at the black. He stood an uneasy honoree and at length he stepped back from the firelight and the juggler...