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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.

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