Останній з Могікан
Chapter 12
TheseIroquoisarecunning,buttheyoutwittedthemselveswhentheyplacedtheirfire-armsoutofreach;andhadUncasorhisfatherbeengiftedwithonlytheircommonIndianpatience,weshouldhavecomeinupontheknaveswiththreebulletsinsteadofone,andthatwouldhavemadeafinishofthewholepack;yonlopingvarlet,aswellashiscommerades.But’twasallforeordered,andforthebest."
"Thousayestwell,"returnedDavid,"andhastcaughtthetruespiritofChristianity.Hethatistobesavedwillbesaved,andhethatispredestinedtobedamnedwillbedamned.Thisisthedoctrineoftruth,andmostconsolingandrefreshingitistothetruebeliever."
Thescout,whobythistimewasseated,examiningintothestateofhisriflewithaspeciesofparentalassiduity,nowlookedupattheotherinadispleasurethathedidnotaffecttoconceal,roughlyinterruptingfurtherspeech.
"Doctrine,ornodoctrine,"saidthesturdywoodsman,"’tisthebeliefofknaves,andthecurseofanhonestman.IcancreditthatyonderHuronwastofallbymyhand,forwithmyowneyesIhaveseenit;butnothingshortofbeingawitnesswillcausemetothinkhehadmetwithanyreward,orthatChingachgook,there,willbecondemnedatthefinalday."
