A voice from one of the party now addressed the Indian
in two several dialects, but without eliciting a reply.
He either understood not, or would not answer the question
proposed, but continued pointing significantly to the
indistinct object which he still held forth in an elevated
position.
"The governor must be apprised of this," observed Captain
Blessington to De Haldimar, who was his subaltern of the
guard. "Hasten, Charles, to acquaint your father, and
receive his orders."
The young officer willingly obeyed the injunction of his
superior. A secret and indefinable hope rushed through
his mind, that as the Indian came not in hostility, he
might be the bearer of some communication from their
friends; and he moved rapidly towards that part of the
building occupied by his father.
The light of a lamp suspended over the piazza leading to
the governor's rooms reflecting strongly on his regimentals,
he passed unchallenged by the sentinels posted there,
and uninterruptedly gained a door that opened on a narrow
passage, at the further extremity of which was the
sitting-room usually occupied by his parent.
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