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Chapter 25
Therepresentativeofthebearhadcertainlybeenanentirestrangertothedeliciousemotionsoftheloverwhilehisarmsencircledhismistress;andhewas,perhaps,astrangeralsotothenatureofthatfeelingofingenuousshamethatoppressedthetremblingAlice.Butwhenhefoundhimselfatasuitabledistancefromthelodgeshemadeahalt,andspokeonasubjectofwhichhewasthoroughlythemaster.
"Thispathwillleadyoutothebrook,"hesaid;"followitsnorthernbankuntilyoucometoafall;andmountthehillonyourright,andyouwillseethefiresoftheotherpeople.Thereyoumustgoanddemandprotection;iftheyaretrueDelawares,youwillbesafe.Adistantflightwiththatgentleone,justnow,isimpossible.TheHuronswouldfollowupourtrail,andmasterourscalps,beforewehadgotadozenmiles.Go,andProvidencebewithyou."
"Andyou!"demandedHeyward,insurprise;"surelywepartnothere?"
"TheHuronsholdtheprideoftheDelawares;thelastofthehighbloodoftheMohicansisintheirpower,"returnedthescout;"Igotoseewhatcanbedoneinhisfavor.Hadtheymasteredyourscalp,major,aknaveshouldhavefallenforeveryhairitheld,asIpromised;butiftheyoungSagamoreistobeledtothestake,theIndiansshallseealsohowamanwithoutacrosscandie."
