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Chapter 23

           Duncanfounditdifficulttoassumethenecessaryappearanceofunconcern,ashebrushedthedarkandpowerfulframesofthesavageswhothrongeditsthreshold;but,consciousthathisexistencedependedonhispresenceofmind,hetrustedtothediscretionofhiscompanion,whosefootstepshecloselyfollowed,endeavoring,asheproceeded,torallyhisthoughtsfortheoccasion.Hisbloodcurdledwhenhefoundhimselfinabsolutecontactwithsuchfierceandimplacableenemies;buthesofarmasteredhisfeelingsastopursuehiswayintothecentreofthelodge,withanexteriorthatdidnotbetraytheweakness.ImitatingtheexampleofthedeliberateGamut,hedrewabundleoffragrantbrushfrombeneathapilethatfilledacornerofthehut,andseatedhimselfinsilence.

           Sosoonastheirvisitorhadpassed,theobservantwarriorsfellbackfromtheentrance,andarrangingthemselvesabouthim,theyseemedpatientlytoawaitthemomentwhenitmightcomportwiththedignityofthestrangertospeak.Byfarthegreaternumberstoodleaning,inlazy,loungingattitudes,againsttheuprightpoststhatsupportedthecrazybuilding,whilethreeorfouroftheoldestandmostdistinguishedofthechiefsplacedthemselvesontheearthalittlemoreinadvance.

           Aflaringtorchwasburningintheplace,andsentitsredglarefromfacetofaceandfiguretofigure,asitwavedinthecurrentsofair.Duncanprofitedbyitslighttoreadtheprobablecharacterofhisreception,inthecountenancesofhishosts.

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