By the end of this time the
raft had disappeared, and night was beginning to throw her shadows once
more over the whole sylvan scene. Before darkness had completely
set in, and while the girls were preparing the evening meal,
Deerslayer related to Hutter an outline of events that had taken
place, and gave him a history of the means he had adopted for the
security of his children and property.
Chapter XV.
"As long as Edwarde rules thys lande,
Ne quiet you wylle ye know;
Your sonnes and husbandes shall be slayne,
And brookes with bloode shall 'flowe.'
'You leave youre geode and lawfulle kynge,
Whenne ynne adversity;
Like me, untoe the true cause stycke,
And for the true cause dye."
Chatterton.
The calm of evening was again in singular contrast, while its
gathering gloom was in as singular unison with the passions of men.
The sun was set, and the rays of the retiring luminary had ceased
to gild the edges of the few clouds that had sufficient openings
to admit the passage of its fading light. The canopy overhead
was heavy and dense, promising another night of darkness, but the
surface of the lake was scarcely disturbed by a ripple.
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