Останній з Могікан
Chapter 14
Hewasyetspeaking,whenacrashingsoundwasheard,andacannon-ballenteredthethicket,strikingthebodyofasapling,andreboundingtotheearth,itsforcebeingmuchexpendedbypreviousresistance.TheIndiansfollowedinstantlylikebusyattendantsontheterriblemessenger,andUncascommencedspeakingearnestlyandwithmuchaction,intheDelawaretongue.
"Itmaybeso,lad,"mutteredthescout,whenhehadended;"fordesperatefeversarenottobetreatedlikeatoothache.Come,then,thefogisshuttingin."
"Stop!"criedHeyward;"firstexplainyourexpectations."
"’Tissoondone,andasmallhopeitis;butitisbetterthannothing.Thisshotthatyousee,"addedthescout,kickingtheharmlessironwithhisfoot,"hasploughedthe‘arthinitsroadfromthefort,andweshallhuntforthefurrowithasmade,whenallothersignsmayfail.Nomorewords,butfollow,orthefogmayleaveusinthemiddleofourpath,amarkforbotharmiestoshootat."
Heywardperceivingthat,infact,acrisishadarrivedwhenactsweremorerequiredthanwords,placedhimselfbetweenthesisters,anddrewthemswiftlyforward,keepingthedimfigureoftheirleaderinhiseye.ItwassoonapparentthatHawkeyehadnotmagnifiedthepowerofthefog,forbeforetheyhadproceededtwentyyards,itwasdifficultforthedifferentindividualsofthepartytodistinguisheachother,inthevapor.
