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Chapter 33
Prideandexultationweresupplantedbyhumility,andthefiercestofhumanpassionswasalreadysucceededbythemostprofoundandunequivocaldemonstrationsofgrief.
Thelodgesweredeserted;butabroadbeltofearnestfacesencircledaspotintheirvicinity,whithereverythingpossessinglifehadrepaired,andwhereallwerenowcollected,indeepandawfulsilence.Thoughbeingsofeveryrankandage,ofbothsexes,andofallpursuits,hadunitedtoformthisbreathingwallofbodies,theywereinfluencedbyasingleemotion.Eacheyewasrivetedonthecentreofthatring,whichcontainedtheobjectsofsomuch,andofsocommon,aninterest.
SixDelawaregirls,withtheirlong,dark,flowingtressesfallinglooselyacrosstheirbosoms,stoodapart,andonlygaveproofsoftheirexistenceastheyoccasionallystrewedsweet-scentedherbsandforestflowersonalitteroffragrantplants,that,underapallofIndianrobes,supportedallthatnowremainedoftheardent,high-souled,andgenerousCora.Herformwasconcealedinmanywrappersofthesamesimplemanufacture,andherfacewasshutforeverfromthegazeofmen.AtherfeetwasseatedthedesolateMunro.Hisagedheadwasbowednearlytotheearth,incompelledsubmissiontothestrokeofProvidence;butahiddenanguishstruggledabouthisfurrowedbrow,thatwasonlypartiallyconcealedbythecarelesslocksofgraythathadfallen,neglected,onhistemples.
