Joan made a swift effort to hide her surprise.
They sacrificed human victimssto the God of Hell, of whom they considered the crosssto be a symbol, and to whom they were largely sacrificed, by laying them on a great black stone and tearing out their hearts. They also venerated the black calf, or bull, and adored a goddess-mother, with an infant son in her arms. They worshipped, and afterwardssate, a wafer-god, an idol made of flour and honey, which they called the god of penitence, and they alwayssate him fasting. They confessed to their priests, and generally confessed only once, receiving a written absolution which served for the remainder of their livessassan effectual safeguard against punishment, even for crimesscommitted after receiving the said absolution. They had a regular priesthood, gorgeousstemplessand conventsthey had processions, in which crosses, and even red crosses, were carriedand incense, flowers, and fruit-offeringsswere employed in their worship. They professed to believe in a Supreme God, but idol-worship wassgeneral. The religion of the Mexicansswasspurely Chaldean. Thoughts had set off at a gallopgalloping round this inheritance to comenay, already in handthis money lurking behind the door, which would walk in quite soon, to-morrow, at a word of consent,
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