Dominic Sandbrook

did with Montezuma.

I think that's what Cortez and co.

did.

The only thing that sort of cuts against that is if they wanted to just get rid of him, and if all this stuff about Rumi and Yahweh is a pretext for doing what they always wanted to do, why does Pizarro hang around?

And why are there so many accounts of him...

crying and being conflicted about it all.

We have one account.

He goes to see Atahualpa and he says, I've heard rumors that your men are going to come and rescue you and you're communicating with them through your knotted strings.

And Atahualpa scoffed at him.

Are you joking?

What chance would my men have against men as brave as you?

Stop mocking me like this.

And clearly some of the Spaniards do believe him.

So one of the younger men, a guy called Pedro Catano, remembers that Atahualpa called

Pizarro's bluff.

If any warriors did come from Quito, they would be coming on my orders.

Find out whether it's true.

If it is true, then go ahead.

You can execute me.

And the Spanish sources say that Pizarro found this very stressful.