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"
Then
you
knew
not
the
merit
of
my
sister
,
"
said
Alice
,
withdrawing
her
hand
;
"
of
you
she
ever
speaks
as
of
one
who
is
her
nearest
friend
.
"
"
I
would
gladly
believe
her
such
,
"
returned
Duncan
,
hastily
;
"
I
could
wish
her
to
be
even
more
;
but
with
you
,
Alice
,
I
have
the
permission
of
your
father
to
aspire
to
a
still
nearer
and
dearer
tie
.
"
Alice
trembled
violently
,
and
there
was
an
instant
during
which
she
bent
her
face
aside
,
yielding
to
the
emotions
common
to
her
sex
;
but
they
quickly
passed
away
,
leaving
her
mistress
of
her
deportment
,
if
not
of
her
affections
.
"
Heyward
,
"
she
said
,
looking
him
full
in
the
face
with
a
touching
expression
of
innocence
and
dependency
,
"
give
me
the
sacred
presence
and
the
holy
sanction
of
that
parent
before
you
urge
me
further
.
"
"
Though
more
I
should
not
,
less
I
could
not
say
,
"
the
youth
was
about
to
answer
,
when
he
was
interrupted
by
a
light
tap
on
his
shoulder
.
Starting
to
his
feet
,
he
turned
,
and
,
confronting
the
intruder
,
his
looks
fell
on
the
dark
form
and
malignant
visage
of
Magua
.
The
deep
guttural
laugh
of
the
savage
sounded
,
at
such
a
moment
,
to
Duncan
like
the
hellish
taunt
of
a
demon
.
Had
he
pursued
the
sudden
and
fierce
impulse
of
the
instant
,
he
would
have
cast
himself
on
the
Huron
,
and
committed
their
fortunes
to
the
issue
of
a
deadly
struggle
.
But
,
without
arms
of
any
description
,
ignorant
of
what
succor
his
subtle
enemy
could
command
,
and
charged
with
the
safety
of
one
who
was
just
then
dearer
than
ever
to
his
heart
,
he
no
sooner
entertained
than
he
abandoned
the
desperate
intention
.
"
What
is
your
purpose
?
"
said
Alice
,
meekly
folding
her
arms
on
her
bosom
,
and
struggling
to
conceal
an
agony
of
apprehension
in
behalf
of
Heyward
,
in
the
usual
cold
and
distant
manner
with
which
she
received
the
visits
of
her
captor
.
The
exulting
Indian
had
resumed
his
austere
countenance
,
though
he
drew
warily
back
before
the
menacing
glance
of
the
young
man
's
fiery
eye
.
He
regarded
both
his
captives
for
a
moment
with
a
steady
look
,
and
then
stepping
aside
,
he
dropped
a
log
of
wood
across
a
door
different
from
that
by
which
Duncan
had
entered
.
The
latter
now
comprehended
the
manner
of
his
surprise
,
and
believing
himself
irretrievably
lost
,
he
drew
Alice
to
his
bosom
,
and
stood
prepared
to
meet
a
fate
which
he
hardly
regretted
,
since
it
was
to
be
suffered
in
such
company
.
But
Magua
meditated
no
immediate
violence
.
His
first
measures
were
very
evidently
taken
to
secure
his
new
captive
;
nor
did
he
even
bestow
a
second
glance
at
the
motionless
forms
in
the
centre
of
the
cavern
,
until
he
had
completely
cut
off
every
hope
of
retreat
through
the
private
outlet
he
had
himself
used
.
He
was
watched
in
all
his
movements
by
Heyward
,
who
,
however
,
remained
firm
,
still
folding
the
fragile
form
of
Alice
to
his
heart
,
at
once
too
proud
and
too
hopeless
to
ask
favor
of
an
enemy
so
often
foiled
.
When
Magua
had
effected
his
object
he
approached
his
prisoners
,
and
said
in
English
--
"
The
pale-faces
trap
the
cunning
beavers
;
but
the
redskins
know
how
to
take
the
Yengeese
.
"
"
Huron
,
do
your
worst
!
"
exclaimed
the
excited
Heyward
,
forgetful
that
a
double
stake
was
involved
in
his
life
;
"
you
and
your
vengeance
are
alike
despised
.
"
"
Will
the
white
man
speak
these
words
at
the
stake
?
"
asked
Magua
;
manifesting
,
at
the
same
time
,
how
little
faith
he
had
in
the
other
's
resolution
by
the
sneer
that
accompanied
his
words
.
