Останній з Могікан
Chapter 12
Sheeludedthegraspofthesavage,andrecklessofherownsafety,threwherselfonthebosomofAlice,strivingwithconvulsedandill-directedfingers,totearasunderthetwigswhichconfinedthepersonofhersister.Anyotherthanamonsterwouldhaverelentedatsuchanactofgenerousdevotiontothebestandpurestaffection;butthebreastoftheHuronwasastrangertosympathy.SeizingCorabytherichtresseswhichfellinconfusionaboutherform,hetoreherfromherfrantichold,andbowedherdownwithbrutalviolencetoherknees.Thesavagedrewtheflowingcurlsthroughhishand,andraisingthemonhighwithanoutstretchedarm,hepassedtheknifearoundtheexquisitelymouldedheadofhisvictim,withatauntingandexultinglaugh.Buthepurchasedthismomentoffiercegratificationwiththelossofthefatalopportunity.ItwasjustthenthesightcaughttheeyeofUncas.Boundingfromhisfootstepsheappearedforaninstantdartingthroughtheair,anddescendinginaballhefellonthechestofhisenemy,drivinghimmanyyardsfromthespot,headlongandprostrate.TheviolenceoftheexertioncasttheyoungMohicanathisside.Theyarosetogether,fought,andbled,eachinhisturn.Buttheconflictwassoondecided;thetomahawkofHeywardandtherifleofHawkeyedescendedontheskulloftheHuron,atthesamemomentthattheknifeofUncasreachedhisheart.
Thebattlewasnowentirelyterminated,withtheexceptionoftheprotractedstrugglebetweenLeRenardSubtilandLeGrosSerpent.
