Останній з Могікан
Chapter 6
Uncasraisedtheblanketfortheirpassage,andasthesistersturnedtothankhimforthisactofattention,theysawthescoutseatedagainbeforethedyingembers,withhisfacerestingonhishands,inamannerwhichshowedhowdeeplyhebroodedontheunaccountableinterruptionwhichhadbrokenuptheireveningdevotions.
Heywardtookwithhimablazingknot,whichthrewadimlightthroughthenarrowvistaoftheirnewapartment.Placingitinafavorableposition,hejoinedthefemales,whonowfoundthemselvesalonewithhimforthefirsttimesincetheyhadleftthefriendlyrampartsofFortEdward.
"Leaveusnot,Duncan,"saidAlice;"wecannotsleepinsuchaplaceasthis,withthathorridcrystillringinginourears!"
"Firstletusexamineintothesecurityofyourfortress,"heanswered,"andthenwewillspeakofrest."
Heapproachedthefartherendofthecavern,toanoutlet,which,liketheothers,wasconcealedbyblankets,andremovingthethickscreen,breathedthefreshandrevivingairfromthecataract.Onearmoftheriverflowedthroughadeep,narrowravine,whichitscurrenthadworninthesoftrock,directlybeneathhisfeet,forminganeffectualdefence,ashebelieved,againstanydangerfromthatquarter;thewater,afewrodsabovethem,plunging,glancing,andsweepingalong,initsmostviolentandbrokenmanner.
