Останній з Могікан
Chapter 12
Itistruetherewereshortandfleetingmoments,whenthefieryeyesofMaguawereseenglittering,likethefabledorgansofthebasilisk,throughthedustywreathbywhichhewasenveloped,andhereadbythoseshortanddeadlyglancesthefateofthecombatinthepresenceofhisenemies;ere,however,anyhostilehandcoulddescendonhisdevotedhead,itsplacewasfilledbythescowlingvisageofChingachgook.Inthismannerthesceneofthecombatwasremovedfromthecentreofthelittleplaintoitsverge.TheMohicannowfoundanopportunitytomakeapowerfulthrustwithhisknife;Maguasuddenlyrelinquishedhisgrasp,andfellbackwardwithoutmotion,andseeminglywithoutlife.Hisadversaryleapedonhisfeet,makingthearchesoftheforestringwiththesoundsoftriumph.
"WelldonefortheDelawares!victorytotheMohican!"criedHawkeye,oncemoreelevatingthebuttofthelongandfatalrifle;"afinishingblowfromamanwithoutacrosswillnevertellagainsthishonor,norrobhimofhisrighttothescalp."
But,attheverymomentwhenthedangerousweaponwasintheactofdescending,thesubtleHuronrolledswiftlyfrombeneaththedanger,overtheedgeoftheprecipice,andfallingonhisfeet,wasseenleaping,withasinglebound,intothecentreofathicketoflowbushes,whichclungalongitssides.
