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           "Itisso,"saidCora,drawingalongbreath,asifrevivingfromatrance,raisingherface,andshakingbackhershiningveil,withakindlingeye,thatcontradictedthedeath-likepalenessofhercountenance;"butwhy—itisnotpermittedustoinquire.Thereisyetoneofthineownpeoplewhohasnotbeenbroughtbeforethee;beforethoulettesttheHurondepartintriumph,hearhimspeak."

           ObservingTamenundtolookabouthimdoubtingly,oneofhiscompanionssaid—

           "Itisasnake—aredskininthepayoftheYengeese.Wekeephimforthetorture."

           "Lethimcome,"returnedthesage.

           ThenTamenundoncemoresankintohisseat,andasilencesodeepprevailed,whiletheyoungmenpreparedtoobeyhissimplemandate,thattheleaves,whichflutteredinthedraughtofthelightmorningair,weredistinctlyheardrustlinginthesurroundingforest.