Останній з Могікан
Chapter 27
"Anevilspirit!"repeatedtheother,mockingly;"’tisthespiritthathastakenthelivesofsomanyHurons;thespiritthatslewmyyoungmenat‘thetumblingriver’;thattooktheirscalpsatthe‘healingspring’;andwhohasnowboundthearmsofLeRenardSubtil!"
"Ofwhomdoesmyfriendspeak?"
"OfthedogwhocarriestheheartandcunningofaHuronunderapaleskin—LaLongueCarabine."
Thepronunciationofsoterribleanameproducedtheusualeffectamonghisauditors.Butwhentimewasgivenforreflection,andthewarriorsrememberedthattheirformidableanddaringenemyhadevenbeeninthebosomoftheirencampment,workinginjury,fearfulragetooktheplaceofwonder,andallthosefiercepassionswithwhichthebosomofMaguahadjustbeenstrugglingweresuddenlytransferredtohiscompanions.Someamongthemgnashedtheirteethinanger,othersventedtheirfeelingsinyells,andsome,againbeattheairasfranticallyasiftheobjectoftheirresentmentweresufferingundertheirblows.Butthissuddenoutbreakingoftemperasquicklysubsidedinthestillandsullenrestrainttheymostaffected,intheirmomentsofinaction.
Maguawhohadinhisturnfoundleisureforreflection,nowchangedhismanner,andassumedtheairofonewhoknewhowtothinkandactwithadignityworthyofsograveasubject.
"Letusgotomypeople,"hesaid;"theywaitforus."
Hiscompanionsconsentedinsilence,andthewholeofthesavagepartyleftthecavernandreturnedtothecouncil-lodge.
