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Chapter 13
"Iprovedmyselfasluggardonmypostduringthepastnight,"saidHeyward,"andhavelessneedofreposethanyou,whodidmorecredittothecharacterofasoldier.Letallthepartyseektheirrest,then,whileIholdguard."
"Ifwelayamongthewhitetentsofthe60th,andinfrontofanenemyliketheFrench,Icouldnotaskforabetterwatchman,"returnedthescout;"butinthedarknessandamongthesignsofthewildernessyourjudgmentwouldbelikethefollyofachild,andyourvigilancethrownaway.Dothen,likeUncasandmyself,sleep,andsleepinsafety."
Heywardperceived,intruth,thattheyoungerIndianhadthrownhisformonthesideofthehillockwhiletheyweretalking,likeonewhosoughttomakethemostofthetimeallottedtorest,andthathisexamplehadbeenfollowedbyDavid,whosevoiceliterally"clovetohisjaws,"withthefeverofhiswound,heightened,asitwas,bytheirtoilsomemarch.Unwillingtoprolongauselessdiscussion,theyoungmanaffectedtocomply,bypostinghisbackagainstthelogsoftheblock-house,inahalf-recumbentposture,thoughresolutelydetermined,inhisownmind,nottocloseaneyeuntilhehaddeliveredhispreciouschargeintothearmsofMunrohimself.Hawkeye,believinghehadprevailed,soonfellasleep,andasilenceasdeepasthesolitudeinwhichtheyhadfoundit,pervadedtheretiredspot.
FormanyminutesDuncansucceededinkeepinghissensesonthealert,andalivetoeverymoaningsoundthatarosefromtheforest.
