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Chapter 14

           "Enough!"saidHeyward,apprehensivetheunconscioussistersmightcomprehendthenatureofthedetention,andconqueringhisdisgustbyatrainofreflectionsverymuchlikethatofthehunter;"’tisdone;andthoughbetteritwereleftundone,cannotbeamended.Youseeweare,tooobviously,withinthesentinelsoftheenemy;whatcoursedoyouproposetofollow?"

           "Yes,"saidHawkeye,rousinghimselfagain,"’tisasyousay,toolatetoharborfurtherthoughtsaboutit.Ay,theFrenchhavegatheredaroundthefortingoodearnest,andwehaveadelicateneedletothreadinpassingthem."

           "Andbutlittletimetodoitin,"addedHeyward,glancinghiseyesupward,towardthebankofvaporthatconcealedthesettingmoon.

           "Andlittletimetodoitin!"repeatedthescout."Thethingmaybedoneintwofashions,bythehelpofProvidence,withoutwhichitmaynotbedoneatall."

           "Namethemquickly,fortimepresses."

           "Onewouldbetodismountthegentleones,andlettheirbeastsrangetheplain;bysendingtheMohicansinfront,wemightthencutalanethroughtheirsentries,andenterthefortoverthedeadbodies."

           "Itwillnotdoitwillnotdo!"interruptedthegenerousHeyward;"asoldiermightforcehiswayinthismanner,butneverwithsuchaconvoy."

           "‘Twouldbe,indeed,abloodypathfortenderfeettowadein,"returnedtheequallyreluctantscout;"butIthoughtitbefittingmymanhoodtonameit.

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