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Chapter 23

           Thenaked,tawnybodiesofthecrouchingurchinsblendedsonicely,atthathour,withthewitheredherbage,thatatfirstitseemedasiftheearthhad,intruth,swalloweduptheirforms;thoughwhensurprisepermittedDuncantobendhislookmorecuriouslyaboutthespot,hefounditeverywheremetbydark,quick,androllingeyeballs.

           Gatheringnoencouragementfromthisstartlingpresageofthenatureofthescrutinyhewaslikelytoundergofromthemorematurejudgmentsofthemen,therewasaninstantwhentheyoungsoldierwouldhaveretreated.Itwas,however,toolatetoappeartohesitate.Thecryofthechildrenhaddrawnadozenwarriorstothedoorofthenearestlodge,wheretheystoodclusteredinadarkandsavagegroup,gravelyawaitingthenearerapproachofthosewhohadunexpectedlycomeamongthem.

           David,insomemeasurefamiliarizedtothescene,ledthewaywithasteadinessthatnoslightobstaclewaslikelytodisconcert,intothisverybuilding.Itwastheprincipaledificeofthevillage,thoughroughlyconstructedofthebarkandbranchesoftrees;beingthelodgeinwhichthetribehelditscouncilsandpublicmeetingsduringtheirtemporaryresidenceonthebordersoftheEnglishprovince.

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