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Chapter 24

           HowlongthenervesofHeywardwouldhavesustainedhiminthisextraordinarysituation,itmightbedifficulttodecide;for,happily,hesoonfoundrelief.Aglimmeroflighthadconstantlybeenintheirfront,andtheynowarrivedattheplacewhenceitproceeded.

           Alargecavityintherockhadbeenrudelyfittedtoanswerthepurposesofmanyapartments.Thesubdivisionsweresimplebutingenious,beingcomposedofstone,sticks,andbark,intermingled.Openingsaboveadmittedthelightbyday,andatnightfiresandtorchessuppliedtheplaceofthesun.HithertheHuronshadbroughtmostoftheirvaluables,especiallythosewhichmoreparticularlypertainedtothenation;andhither,asitnowappeared,thesickwoman,whowasbelievedtobethevictimofsupernaturalpower,hadbeentransportedalso,underanimpressionthathertormentorwouldfindmoredifficultyinmakinghisassaultsthroughwallsofstonethanthroughtheleafycoveringsofthelodges.TheapartmentintowhichDuncanandhisguidefirstentered,hadbeenexclusivelydevotedtoheraccommodation.Thelatterapproachedherbedside,whichwassurroundedbyfemales,inthecentreofwhomHeywardwassurprisedtofindhismissingfriendDavid.

           Asinglelookwassufficienttoapprisethepretendedleechthattheinvalidwasfarbeyondhispowersofhealing.Shelayinasortofparalysis,indifferenttotheobjectswhichcrowdedbeforehersight,andhappilyunconsciousofsuffering.

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