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"It is not important," continued the Englishman, turning to his followers, and in a low voice bidding them look to their weapons, for the game was near at hand. IT IS NOT IMPORTANT CONTINUED THE ENGLISHMAN TURNING TO HIS FOLLOWERS AND IN A LOW VOICE BIDDING THEM LOOK TO THEIR WEAPONS FOR THE GAME WAS NEAR AT HAND
is path through the wood, but it was the only way to approach the desired point by land. Maud hesitated not, but stole or glided through the tangled undergrowth, as though she had passed her whole life-time in the deep, tangled ways of the jungle. As they went on, the moon gradually rose and lifted up the dark path by little gleamings which stole in through the thick leaves and close-turning branches of the lofty vegetation. On, on they press; and now they pause at a sign from Maud, and listen to the sound of voices, which have a strange and echo-like sound in that wild and tangled spot. Hark! those voices are not from the tongues of natives; that is English which they speak. "Hist! hist!" whispered the Quadroon, "we are almost upon them!" "In which direction?" asked the English officer. "Here, see you not those bright, silver-like scales through the leaves?" "Yes." "That is the river's bed, and they lie on board their craft, moored close to us." "How many do they number?" "I know not.  IT WAS WEARY STRUGGLING BY THIS PATH THROUGH THE WOOD BUT IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO APPROACH THE DESIRED POINT BY LAND MAUD HESITATED NOT BUT STOLE OR GLIDED THROUGH THE TANGLED UNDERGROWTH AS THOUGH SHE HAD PASSED HER WHOLE LIFETIME IN THE DEEP TANGLED WAYS OF THE JUNGLE AS THEY WENT ON THE MOON GRADUALLY ROSE AND LIFTED UP THE DARK PATH BY LITTLE GLEAMINGS WHICH STOLE IN THROUGH THE THICK LEAVES AND CLOSE TURNING BRANCHES OF THE LOFTY VEGETATION ON AND ON THEY PRESSED AND NOW THEY PAUSED AT A SIGN FROM MAUD AND LISTENED TO THE SOUND OF VOICES WHICH HAVE A STRANGE AND ECHO LIKE SOUND IN THAT WILD AND TANGLED SPOT HARK THOSE VOICES ARE NOT FROM THE TONGUES OF NATIVES THAT IS ENGLISH WHICH THEY SPEAK HIST HIST WHISPERED THE QUADROON WE ARE ALMOST UPON THEM IN WHICH DIRECTION ASKED THE ENGLISH OFFICER HERE YOU SEE NOT THROUGH THOSE BRIGHT SILVER LIKE SCALES THROUGH THE LEAVES YES THAT IS THE RIVER'S BED AND THEY LIE ON BOARD THEIR CRAFT MOORED CLOSE TO US HOW MANY DO THEY NUMBER I KNOW NOT
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