The latter
yet continued her cries; and, as she held up her hands,
he could see by the fire-light they were covered with
blood. An instinctive impulse caused him to bound forward
to the assistance of the motionless Clara; when, to his
infinite surprise and joy, he discovered the cord, which
had bound him to the tree, to be severed. The Indian who
had just passed had evidently been his deliverer; and a
sudden flash of recollection recalled the figure of the
young warrior that had escaped from the schooner and was
supposed to have leaped into the canoe of Oucanasta at
the moment when Madeline de Haldimar was removed into
that of the Canadian.
In a transport of conflicting feelings, Sir Everard now
raised the insensible Clara from the ground; and, having
satisfied himself she had sustained no serious injury,
prepared for a flight which he felt to be desperate, if
not altogether hopeless. There was not a moment to be
lost, for the cries of the wretched Ellen increased in
violence, as she seemed sensible she was about to be left
utterly alone; and ever and anon, although afar off, yet
evidently drawing nearer, was to be heard the fierce
denouncing yell of Wacousta.
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