Останній з Могікан
Chapter 5
SosoonasCoraandAlicewereseated,thescout,withoutregardingtheelement,directedHeywardtosupportonesideofthefrailvessel,andpostinghimselfattheother,theyboreitupagainstthestream,followedbythedejectedownerofthedeadfoal.Inthismannertheyproceeded,formanyrods,inasilencethatwasonlyinterruptedbytheripplingofthewater,asitseddiesplayedaroundthem,orthelowdashmadebytheirowncautiousfootsteps.Heywardyieldedtheguidanceofthecanoeimplicitlytothescout,whoapproachedorrecededfromtheshore,toavoidthefragmentsofrocks,ordeeperpartsoftheriver,withareadinessthatshowedhisknowledgeoftheroutetheyheld.Occasionallyhewouldstop;andinthemidstofabreathingstillness,thatthedullbutincreasingroarofthewaterfallonlyservedtorendermoreimpressive,hewouldlistenwithpainfulintenseness,tocatchanysoundsthatmightarisefromtheslumberingforest.Whenassuredthatallwasstill,andunabletodetect,evenbytheaidofhispractisedsenses,anysignofhisapproachingfoes,hewoulddeliberatelyresumehisslowandunguardedprogress.Atlengththeyreachedapointintheriver,wheretherovingeyeofHeywardbecamerivetedonaclusterofblackobjects,collectedataspotwherethehighbankthrewadeepershadowthanusualonthedarkwaters.Hesitatingtoadvance,hepointedouttheplacetotheattentionofhiscompanion.
