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A Momentous Interview

           Thistroopofharpiessurroundedthem,shakingtheirfists,howlingandvociferating.SomeEnglishwordsthatescapedtheircoarsemouthsleftnodoubtthattheywereclamoringforimmediatevengeance.

           Inthemidstofallthesecriesandthreats,LadyHelena,tranquiltoalloutwardseeming,affectedanindifferenceshewasfarfromfeeling.Thiscourageouswomanmadeheroiceffortstorestrainherself,lestsheshoulddisturbGlenarvan’scoolness.PoorMaryGrantfeltherheartsinkwithinher,andJohnManglesstoodbyreadytodieinherbehalf.Hiscompanionsborethedelugeofinvectiveseachaccordingtohisdisposition;theMajorwithutterindifference,Paganelwithexasperationthatincreasedeverymoment.

           Glenarvan,tospareLadyHelenatheattacksofthesewitches,walkedstraightuptoKai-Koumou,andpointingtothehideousgroup:

           "Sendthemaway,"saidhe.

           TheMaorichiefstaredfixedlyathisprisonerwithoutspeaking;andthen,withanod,hesilencedthenoisyhorde.Glenarvanbowed,asasignofthanks,andwentslowlybacktohisplace.

           AtthismomentahundredMaorieswereassembledinthe"pah,"oldmen,fullgrownmen,youths;theformerwerecalm,butgloomy,awaitingtheordersofKai-Koumou;theothersgavethemselvesuptothemostviolentsorrow,bewailingtheirparentsandfriendswhohadfalleninthelateengagements.

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