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Chapter 2
"Ifenemieshavereachedtheportageatall,athingbynomeansprobable,asourscoutsareabroad,theywillsurelybefoundskirtingthecolumnwherescalpsaboundthemost.Therouteofthedetachmentisknown,whileours,havingbeendeterminedwithinthehour,muststillbesecret."
"Shouldwedistrustthemanbecausehismannersarenotourmanners,andthathisskinisdark?"coldlyaskedCora.
Alicehesitatednolonger;butgivingherNarragansettasmartcutofthewhip,shewasthefirsttodashasidetheslightbranchesofthebushes,andtofollowtherunneralongthedarkandtangledpathway.Theyoungmanregardedthelastspeakerinopenadmiration,andevenpermittedherfairerthoughcertainlynotmorebeautifulcompaniontoproceedunattended,whilehesedulouslyopenedthewayhimselfforthepassageofherwhohasbeencalledCora.Itwouldseemthatthedomesticshadbeenpreviouslyinstructed;for,insteadofpenetratingthethicket,theyfollowedtherouteofthecolumn;ameasurewhichHeywardstatedhadbeendictatedbythesagacityoftheirguide,inordertodiminishthemarksoftheirtrail,if,haply,theCanadiansavagesshouldbelurkingsofarinadvanceoftheirarmy.Formanyminutestheintricacyoftherouteadmittedofnofurtherdialogue;afterwhichtheyemergedfromthebroadborderofunderbrushwhichgrewalongthelineofthehighway,andenteredunderthehighbutdarkarchesoftheforest.
