Останній з Могікан

           Itwasonlyafterasufficientintervalthatheshooktheashesfromhispipe,replacedthetomahawk,tightenedhisgirdle,andarose,castingforthefirsttimeaglanceinthedirectionoftheprisoner,whostoodalittlebehindhim.Thewary,thoughseeminglyabstractedUncas,caughtaglimpseofthemovement,andturningsuddenlytothelight,theirlooksmet.Nearaminutethesetwoboldanduntamedspiritsstoodregardingoneanothersteadilyintheeye,neitherquailingintheleastbeforethefiercegazeheencountered.TheformofUncasdilated,andhisnostrilsopenedlikethoseofatigeratbay;butsorigidandunyieldingwashisposture,thathemighteasilyhavebeenconvertedbytheimaginationintoanexquisiteandfaultlessrepresentationofthewarlikedeityofhistribe.ThelineamentsofthequiveringfeaturesofMaguaprovedmoreductile;hiscountenancegraduallylostitscharacterofdefianceinanexpressionofferociousjoy,andheavingabreathfromtheverybottomofhischest,hepronouncedaloudtheveryformidablenameof—

           "LeCerfAgile!"

           Eachwarriorspranguponhisfeetattheutteranceofthewellknownappellation,andtherewasashortperiodduringwhichthestoicalconstancyofthenativeswascompletelyconqueredbysurprise.Thehatedandyetrespectednamewasrepeatedasbyonevoice,carryingthesoundevenbeyondthelimitsofthelodge.Thewomenandchildren,wholingeredaroundtheentrance,tookupthewordsinanecho,whichwassucceededbyanothershrillandplaintivehowl.