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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."
"Itwillnotdo—itwillnotdo!"interruptedthegenerousHeyward;"asoldiermightforcehiswayinthismanner,butneverwithsuchaconvoy."
"‘Twouldbe,indeed,abloodypathfortenderfeettowadein,"returnedtheequallyreluctantscout;"butIthoughtitbefittingmymanhoodtonameit.