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Chapter 10

           Wearied,atlength,bytheirimportunities,andapprehensiveofirritatinghiscaptorsbytoostubbornasilence,theformerlookedabouthiminquestofMagua;whomightinterprethisanswerstoquestionswhichwereateachmomentbecomingmoreearnestandthreatening.

           Theconductofthissavagehadformedasolitaryexceptiontothatofallhisfellows.Whiletheotherswerebusilyoccupiedinseekingtogratifytheirchildishpassionforfinery,byplunderingeventhemiserableeffectsofthescout,orhadbeensearching,withsuchbloodthirstyvengeanceintheirlooks,fortheirabsentowner,LeRenardhadstoodatalittledistancefromtheprisoners,withademeanorsoquietandsatisfied,astobetraythathehadalreadyeffectedthegrandpurposeofthistreachery.WhentheeyesofHeywardfirstmetthoseofhisrecentguide,heturnedthemawayinhorroratthesinisterthoughcalmlookheencountered.Conqueringhisdisgust,however,hewasable,withanavertedface,toaddresshissuccessfulenemy.

           "LeRenardSubtilistoomuchofawarrior,"saidthereluctantHeyward,"torefusetellinganunarmedmanwhathisconquerorssay."

           "Theyaskforthehunterwhoknowsthepathsthroughthewoods,"returnedMagua,inhisbrokenEnglish,layinghishand,atthesametime,withaferocioussmile,onthebundleofleaveswithwhichawoundonhisownshoulderwasbandaged.

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