Останній з Могікан
Chapter 30
TheeyeballsoftheDelawareseemedtostartfromtheirsockets;hismouthopened,andhiswholeformbecamefrozeninanattitudeofamazement.Raisinghishandwithaslowandregulatedmotion,hepointedwithafingertothebosomofthecaptive.Hiscompanionscrowdedabouthiminwonder,andeveryeyewas,likehisown,fastenedintentlyonthefigureofasmalltortoise,beautifullytattooedonthebreastoftheprisoner,inabrightbluetint.
ForasingleinstantUncasenjoyedhistriumph,smilingcalmlyonthescene.Thenmotioningthecrowdawaywithahighandhaughtysweepofhisarm,headvancedinfrontofthenationwiththeairofaking,andspokeinavoicelouderthanthemurmurofadmirationthatranthroughthemultitude.
"MenoftheLenniLenape!"hesaid,"myraceupholdstheearth!Yourfeebletribestandsonmyshell!WhatfirethataDelawarecanlightwouldburnthechildofmyfathers,"headded,pointingproudlytothesimpleblazonryonhisskin;"thebloodthatcamefromsuchastockwouldsmotheryourflames!Myraceisthegrandfatherofnations!"
"Whoartthou?"demandedTamenund,risingatthestartlingtonesheheard,morethanatanymeaningconveyedbythelanguageoftheprisoner.
"Uncas,thesonofChingachgook,"answeredthecaptivemodestly,turningfromthenation,andbendinghisheadinreverencetotheother’scharacterandyears;"asonofthegreatUnamis."
