Останній з Могікан
Chapter 6
Theyfeltitmightbeabeingpartiallybenightedinthevaleofignorance,butitcouldnotbeonewhowouldwillinglydevotehisrichnaturalgiftstothepurposesofwantontreachery.TheingenuousAlicegazedathisfreeairandproudcarriage,asshewouldhavelookeduponsomepreciousrelicoftheGrecianchisel,towhichlifehadbeenimpartedbytheinterventionofamiracle;whileHeyward,thoughaccustomedtoseetheperfectionofformwhichaboundsamongtheuncorruptednatives,openlyexpressedhisadmirationatsuchanunblemishedspecimenofthenoblestproportionsofman.
"Icouldsleepinpeace,"whisperedAlice,inreply,"withsuchafearlessandgenerouslookingyouthformysentinel.Surely,Duncan,thosecruelmurders,thoseterrificscenesoftorture,ofwhichwereadandhearsomuch,areneveractedinthepresenceofsuchashe!"
"This,certainly,isarareandbrilliantinstanceofthosenaturalqualities,inwhichthesepeculiarpeoplearesaidtoexcel,"heanswered."Iagreewithyou,Alice,inthinkingthatsuchafrontandeyewereformedrathertointimidatethantodeceive;butletusnotpractiseadeceptionuponourselves,byexpectinganyotherexhibitionofwhatweesteemvirtuethanaccordingtothefashionofasavage.AsbrightexamplesofgreatqualitiesarebuttoouncommonamongChristians,soaretheysingularandsolitarywiththeIndians;though,forthehonorofourcommonnature,neitherareincapableofproducingthem.
