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Chapter 6
Hisrovingeyesbegantomoisten,andbeforethehymnwasended,scaldingtearsrolledoutoffountainsthathadlongseemeddry,andfollowedeachotherdownthosecheeks,thathadoftenerfeltthestormsofheaventhananytestimonialsofweakness.Thesingersweredwellingononeofthoselow,dyingchords,whichtheeardevourswithsuchgreedyrapture,asifconsciousthatitisabouttolosethem,whenacry,thatseemedneitherhumannorearthly,roseintheoutwardair,penetratingnotonlytherecessesofthecavern,buttotheinmostheartsofallwhoheardit.Itwasfollowedbyastillnessapparentlyasdeepasifthewatershadbeencheckedintheirfuriousprogress,atsuchahorridandunusualinterruption.
"Whatisit?"murmuredAlice,afterafewmomentsofterriblesuspense.
"Whatisit?"repeatedHeywardaloud.
NeitherHawkeyenortheIndiansmadeanyreply.Theylistened,asifexpectingthesoundwouldberepeated,withamannerthatexpressedtheirownastonishment.Atlengththeyspoketogetherearnestly,intheDelawarelanguage,whenUncas,passingbytheinnerandmostconcealedaperture,cautiouslyleftthecavern.Whenhehadgone,thescoutfirstspokeinEnglish.
