Останній з Могікан
Chapter 12
Averysummaryprocesscompletedthesimplecookery,whenheandtheMohicanscommencedtheirhumblemeal,withthesilenceandcharacteristicdiligenceofmenwhoateinordertoenablethemselvestoenduregreatandunremittingtoil.
Whenthisnecessary,and,happily,gratefuldutyhadbeenperformed,eachoftheforestersstoopedandtookalongandpartingdraughtatthatsolitaryandsilentspring,aroundwhichanditssisterfountains,withinfiftyyears,thewealth,beauty,andtalentsofahemisphereweretoassembleinthrongs,inpursuitofhealthandpleasure.ThenHawkeyeannouncedhisdeterminationtoproceed.Thesistersresumedtheirsaddles;DuncanandDavidgraspedtheirrifles,andfollowedontheirfootsteps;thescoutleadingtheadvance,andtheMohicansbringinguptherear.Thewholepartymovedswiftlythroughthenarrowpath,towardsthenorth,leavingthehealingwaterstomingleunheededwiththeadjacentbrook,andthebodiesofthedeadtofesterontheneighboringmount,withouttheritesofsepulture;afatebuttoocommontothewarriorsofthewoodstoexciteeithercommiserationorcomment.
