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Chapter 23

           Buthisingenuityavailedhimlittle,againstthecoldartificesofthepeoplehehadencountered.Thechiefsinfrontscarcecastaglanceathisperson,keepingtheireyesontheground,withanairthatmighthavebeenintendedforrespect,butwhichitwasquiteeasytoconstrueintodistrust.Themeninshadowwerelessreserved.Duncansoondetectedtheirsearching,butstolenlooks,which,intruth,scannedhispersonandattireinchbyinch;leavingnoemotionofthecountenance,nogesture,nolineofthepaint,noreventhefashionofagarment,unheeded,andwithoutcomment.

           Atlengthonewhosehairwasbeginningtobesprinkledwithgray,butwhosesinewylimbsandfirmtreadannouncedthathewasstillequaltothedutiesofmanhood,advancedoutofthegloomofacorner,whitherhehadprobablypostedhimselftomakehisobservationsunseen,andspoke.HeusedthelanguageoftheWyandots,orHurons;hiswordswere,consequently,unintelligibletoHeyward,thoughtheyseemed,bythegesturesthataccompaniedthem,tobeutteredmoreincourtesythananger.Thelattershookhishead,andmadeagestureindicativeofhisinabilitytoreply.

           "DononeofmybrothersspeaktheFrenchortheEnglish?"hesaid,intheformerlanguage,lookingabouthimfromcountenancetocountenance,inhopesoffindinganodofassent.

           Thoughmorethanonehadturned,asiftocatchthemeaningofhiswords,theyremainedunanswered.

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