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           Coramethisgazewithaneyesocalmandfirm,thathisresolutionwavered.Thenrecollectinghisformerartifice,heraisedAlicefromthearmsofthewarrioragainstwhomsheleaned,andbeckoningHeywardtofollow,hemotionedfortheencirclingcrowdtoopen.ButCora,insteadofobeyingtheimpulsehehadexpected,rushedtothefeetofthepatriarch,andraisinghervoice,exclaimedaloud—

           "JustandvenerableDelaware,onthywisdomandpowerweleanformercy!Bedeaftoyonderartfulandremorselessmonster,whopoisonsthyearswithfalsehoodstofeedhisthirstforblood.Thouthathastlivedlong,andthathastseentheeviloftheworld,shouldknowhowtotemperitscalamitiestothemiserable."

           Theeyesoftheoldmanopenedheavily,andheoncemorelookedupwardsatthemultitude.Asthepiercingtonesofthesupplicantswelledonhisears,theymovedslowlyinthedirectionofherperson,andfinallysettledthereinasteadygaze.Corahadcastherselftoherknees;and,withhandsclenchedineachotherandpresseduponherbosom,sheremainedlikeabeauteousandbreathingmodelofhersex,lookingupinhisfaded,butmajesticcountenance,withaspeciesofholyreverence.GraduallytheexpressionofTamenund’sfeatureschanged,andlosingtheirvacancyinadmiration,theylightedwithaportionofthatintelligencewhichacenturybeforehadbeenwonttocommunicatehisyouthfulfiretotheextensivebandsoftheDelawares.