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Chapter 25

           Alicetrembledviolently,andtherewasaninstantduringwhichshebentherfaceaside,yieldingtotheemotionscommontohersex;buttheyquicklypassedaway,leavinghermistressofherdeportment,ifnotofheraffections.

           "Heyward,"shesaid,lookinghimfullinthefacewithatouchingexpressionofinnocenceanddependency,"givemethesacredpresenceandtheholysanctionofthatparentbeforeyouurgemefurther."

           "ThoughmoreIshouldnot,lessIcouldnotsay,"theyouthwasabouttoanswer,whenhewasinterruptedbyalighttaponhisshoulder.Startingtohisfeet,heturned,and,confrontingtheintruder,hislooksfellonthedarkformandmalignantvisageofMagua.Thedeepgutturallaughofthesavagesounded,atsuchamoment,toDuncanlikethehellishtauntofademon.Hadhepursuedthesuddenandfierceimpulseoftheinstant,hewouldhavecasthimselfontheHuron,andcommittedtheirfortunestotheissueofadeadlystruggle.But,withoutarmsofanydescription,ignorantofwhatsuccorhissubtleenemycouldcommand,andchargedwiththesafetyofonewhowasjustthendearerthanevertohisheart,henosoonerentertainedthanheabandonedthedesperateintention.

           "Whatisyourpurpose?"saidAlice,meeklyfoldingherarmsonherbosom,andstrugglingtoconcealanagonyofapprehensioninbehalfofHeyward,intheusualcoldanddistantmannerwithwhichshereceivedthevisitsofhercaptor.

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