Останній з Могікан
Chapter 20
No,no,"continuedthescout,lookingbackatthedimshoreofWilliamHenry,whichwasnowfastreceding,andlaughinginhisownsilentbutheartfeltmanner;"Ihaveputatrailofwateratweenus;andunlesstheimpscanmakefriendswiththefishes,andhearwhohaspaddledacrosstheirbasin,thisfinemorning,weshallthrowthelengthoftheHoricanbehindus,beforetheyhavemadeuptheirmindswhichpathtotake."
"Withfoesinfront,andfoesinourrear,ourjourneyisliketobeoneofdanger."
"Danger!"repeatedHawkeye,calmly;"no,notabsolutelyofdanger;for,withvigilantearsandquickeyes,wecanmanagetokeepafewhoursaheadoftheknaves;or,ifwemusttrytherifle,therearethreeofuswhounderstanditsgiftsaswellasanyyoucannameontheborders.No,notofdanger;butthatweshallhavewhatyoumaycallabriskpushofitisprobable;anditmayhappen,abrush,askrimmage,orsomesuchdivarsion,butalwayswherecoversaregood,andammunitionabundant."
ItispossiblethatHeyward’sestimateofdangerdifferedinsomedegreefromthatofthescout,for,insteadofreplying,henowsatinsilence,whilethecanoeglidedoverseveralmilesofwater.Justasthedaydawned,theyenteredthenarrowsofthelake,andstoleswiftlyandcautiouslyamongtheirnumberlesslittleislands.ItwasbythisroadthatMontcalmhadretiredwithhisarmy;andtheadventurersknewnotbuthehadleftsomeofhisIndiansinambush,toprotecttherearofhisforces,andcollectthestragglers.
