Chapter 11 STRAITNESS OF THE FAMINE. THE FINAL CONFLICT. FLIGHT AND CAPTURE OF GUATIMOZIN. DESTINY FULFILLED.

Death opens every door,

And sits in every chamber by himself.

If what might feed a sparrow should suffice

For soldiers' meals, ye have not wherewithal

To linger out three days. For corn, there's none;

A mouse, imprisoned in your granaries,

Were starved to death.

This shameful defeat was a tremendous blow to the ardent anticipat