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Chapter 27
Whentheywereseated,alleyesturnedonMagua,whounderstood,fromsuchanindication,that,bycommonconsent,theyhaddevolvedthedutyofrelatingwhathadpassedonhim.Hearose,andtoldhistalewithoutduplicityorreservation.ThewholedeceptionpractisedbybothDuncanandHawkeyewas,ofcourse,laidnaked;andnoroomwasfound,evenforthemostsuperstitiousofthetribe,anylongertoaffixadoubtonthecharacteroftheoccurrences.Itwasbuttooapparentthattheyhadbeeninsultingly,shamefully,disgracefullydeceived.Whenhehadended,andresumedhisseat,thecollectedtribe—forhisauditors,insubstance,includedallthefightingmenoftheparty—satregardingeachotherlikemenastonishedequallyattheaudacityandthesuccessoftheirenemies.Thenextconsideration,however,wasthemeansandopportunitiesforrevenge.
Additionalpursuersweresentonthetrailofthefugitives;andthenthechiefsappliedthemselves,inearnest,tothebusinessofconsultation.Manydifferentexpedientswereproposedbytheelderwarriors,insuccession,toallofwhichMaguawasasilentandrespectfullistener.Thatsubtlesavagehadrecoveredhisartificeandself-command,andnowproceededtowardshisobjectwithhiscustomarycautionandskill.Itwasonlywheneachonedisposedtospeakhadutteredhissentiments,thathepreparedtoadvancehisownopinions.
