Останній з Могікан
Chapter 8
Noshoutoftriumphsucceededthisimportantadvantage,buteventheMohicansgazedateachotherinsilenthorror.Asingleyellburstfromthewoods,andallwasagainstill.Hawkeye,whoaloneappearedtoreasonontheoccasion,shookhisheadathisownmomentaryweakness,evenutteringhisself-disapprobationaloud.
"’Twasthelastchargeinmyhorn,andthelastbulletinmypouch,and’twastheactofaboy!"hesaid;"whatmattereditwhetherhestrucktherocklivingordead:feelingwouldsoonbeover.Uncas,lad,godowntothecanoe,andbringupthebighorn;itisallthepowderwehaveleft,andweshallneedittothelastgrain,orIamignorantoftheMingonature."
TheyoungMohicancomplied,leavingthescoutturningovertheuselesscontentsofhispouch,andshakingtheemptyhornwithreneweddiscontent.Fromthisunsatisfactoryexamination,however,hewassooncalledbyaloudandpiercingexclamationfromUncas,thatsounded,eventotheunpractisedearsofDuncan,asthesignalofsomenewandunexpectedcalamity.Everythoughtfilledwithapprehensionfortheprecioustreasurehehadconcealedinthecavern,theyoungmanstartedtohisfeet,totallyregardlessofthehazardheincurredbysuchanexposure.Asifactuatedbyacommonimpulse,hismovementwasimitatedbyhiscompanions,and,together,theyrusheddownthepasstothefriendlychasm,witharapiditythatrenderedthescatteringfireoftheirenemiesperfectlyharmless.
