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"You are good, Hetty, and that is more than can be said of Harry
March. He may have a face, and a body, but he has no heart. But
enough of this, for the present. Tell me what raises me to an
equality with Deerslayer."
"To think of you asking me this, Judith! He can't read, and you
can. He don't know how to talk, but speaks worse than Hurry even;
- for, sister, Harry doesn't always pronounce his words right! Did
you ever notice that?"
"Certainly, he is as coarse in speech as in everything else. But
I fear you flatter me, Hetty, when you think I can be justly called
the equal of a man like Deerslayer. It is true, I have been better
taught; in one sense am more comely; and perhaps might look higher;
but then his truth - his truth -makes a fearful difference between
us! Well, I will talk no more of this; and we will bethink us of
the means of getting him out of the hands of the Hurons. We have
father's chest in the ark, Hetty, and might try the temptation of
more elephants; though I fear such baubles will not buy the liberty
of a man like Deerslayer. I am afraid father and Hurry will not be
as willing to ransom Deerslayer, as Deerslayer was to ransom them!"
"Why not, Judith? Hurry and Deerslayer are friends, and friends
should always help one another.
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