Here we shall
leave him to recover his strength and the due circulation of his
blood, while we proceed with the narrative of events that crowd
upon us too fast to admit of any postponement. The moment the
Hurons lost sight of the body of Hurry they gave a common yell of
disappointment, and three of the most active of their number ran
to the trap and entered the canoe. It required some little delay,
however, to embark with their weapons, to find the paddles and,
if we may use a phrase so purely technical, "to get out of dock."
By this time Hurry was in the scow, and the Delaware had his rifles
again in readiness. As the Ark necessarily sailed before the wind,
it had got by this time quite two hundred yards from the castle,
and was sliding away each instant, farther and farther, though with
a motion so easy as scarcely to stir the water. The canoe of the
girls was quite a quarter of a mile distant from the Ark, obviously
keeping aloof, in ignorance of what had occurred, and in apprehension
of the consequences of venturing too near. They had taken the
direction of the eastern shore, endeavoring at the same time to get
to windward of the Ark, and in a manner between the two parties,
as if distrusting which was to be considered a friend, and which
an enemy.
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