8 A Long Journey

CHAPTER 8 A Long Journey While the rest of the men searched the cave, the Hurons held Duncan, Cora, Alice, and David tightly. "What are they looking for?" Duncan asked Magua. "La Longue Carabine," he replied. "The long rifle—who you call Hawkeye. He and those he travels with are the enemies of my people." "He is gone," Duncan said. "Where is his body?" Magua demanded.

当其他人在山洞里搜寻时，休伦人紧紧地抓着邓肯、科拉、爱丽丝和大卫。 “他们在找什么？”邓肯问马瓜。 “拉朗格卡拉宾，”他回答。 “那个长步枪——你们叫他鹰眼的人。 他和与他同行的人是我人民的敌人。” “他走了，”邓肯说。 “他的尸体在哪里？”马褂问道。

"Where can we find it?" "He's not dead," Duncan answered. "He escaped." "The Mohicans, too?" "Yes. They all swam down the river. You will not find them." Magua turned and explained to his men what had happened to Hawkeye and the Mohicans. Some raced down to the river to see for themselves. Others hit the walls of the cave in anger. Soon the four prisoners were pulled out of the cave and down toward the water. The men forced them into canoes and across the river. When they landed, half of the Hurons climbed on their horses and sped away to hunt Hawkeye and the Mohicans. Cora, Alice, David, and Duncan were left with Magua. Duncan thought that they would be taken straight to Montcalm. He slowly stepped forward to speak with Magua and offered him money to

“我们在哪里可以找到它？”“他没死，”邓肯回答。 “他逃跑了。”“莫希干人也是？”“是的。 他们都顺河而下。 你不会找到他们的。”马瓜转身向他的手下解释了鹰眼和莫希干人的遭遇。 有些人跑到河边自己去看看。 其他人则愤怒地捶打洞穴的墙壁。 很快，四个俘虏就被拉出了洞穴，朝水边走去。 那些人强迫他们坐上独木舟过河。 当他们登陆时，一半的休伦人骑上马，疾驰而去追捕鹰眼和莫希干人。 剩下科拉、爱丽丝、大卫和邓肯和玛瓜在一起。 邓肯认为他们会被直接带到蒙特卡姆。 他慢慢地走上前去和Magua说话，并给了他钱

take them to Fort William Henry. "Enough!" Magua said. "You will speak only when spoken to." Magua and his men pushed Cora and Alice into saddles on top of two horses. Duncan walked beside them as the entire party moved forward. Poor David also had to walk, even though his head still hurt. The party walked in the opposite direction of Fort William Henry. They followed a path that wound first one way and then another. Duncan knew that it was meant to confuse them so they wouldn't be able to find Magua's camp on their own. They walked a long distance without any hope of stopping. Cora remembered what Hawkeye had told her —to break a branch whenever she could. She reached out her slender arm and broke a twig that was within her grasp. It was hard to do because Magua's men were watching her every movement. But in one lucky moment, she was

带他们去威廉·亨利堡。 “够了!”马褂说。“我要你说话，你才肯说话。” 马瓜和他的手下把科拉和爱丽丝推到两匹马上的马鞍上。 邓肯走在他们身边，整个队伍向前走着。 可怜的大卫也不得不走路，尽管他的头还疼。 这一行人朝威廉·亨利堡相反的方向走去。 他们沿着一条蜿蜒曲折的小路前进。 邓肯知道这是为了迷惑他们，这样他们就无法自己找到马瓜的营地。 他们走了很长一段路，不希望停下来。 科拉记得鹰眼告诉过她的话——尽可能折断一根树枝。 她伸出纤细的手臂，折断了她手中的一根小树枝。 这很难做到，因为玛瓜的手下监视着她的一举一动。 但在一个幸运的时刻，她是

able to drop her glove and break off a large branch. "Wait!" Magua shouted. "I saw that!" He quickly rode his horse over to the girls, jumped off, and picked up the glove. "There will be no more tricks like this—and no more breaking sticks, either." Magua told one of his men to go back along

她能放下手套，折断一根大树枝。 “等等!”马褂喊道。“我看到了！”他飞快地骑上马，走到女孩们跟前，跳下马，捡起手套。 “再也不会有这样的把戏了——也不会再有折断木棍的事了。” 马瓜叫他的一个人回去

the wrong path and break more branches. They traveled all day through pine trees, rough paths, and across brooks and streams. Speedy and certain of where he was going, Magua took his horse where there was no path as easily as where there was one. Finally they reached a meadow, and he motioned for Cora and Alice to come down off their horses. They walked up a large hill. When they got to the top, it was level and covered with trees. Magua threw himself on the ground to rest and ordered the others to do the same. The hill was perfect for resting. They were high enough up that it would be almost impossible for someone to rescue them without Magua seeing the person first. Duncan decided to try to talk to Magua again. "Do you not see the value in returning the girls to their father? He will reward you greatly." "The gray-haired leader is a hard man," Magua said. "He is hard on his warriors. His

错误的道路，折断更多的树枝。 他们整天穿过松树林，穿过崎岖的小路，穿过小溪和小溪。 马古阿速度很快，对自己要去的地方很有把握，他骑着马走到没有路的地方和有路的地方一样容易。 最后他们来到一片草地上，他示意科拉和爱丽丝从马上下来。 他们走上一座大山。 当他们到达山顶时，只见地面平坦，上面长满了树。 马瓜倒在地上休息，并命令其他人也这样做。 这座小山是休息的好地方。 他们在很高的地方，如果马瓜不先看到这个人，几乎不可能有人去救他们。 邓肯决定再试着和马瓜谈谈。 “难道你看不出把女儿们送还给她们的父亲有什么好处吗？ 他必大大地赏赐你。” “这位满头白发的领导人是一个强硬的人，”马瓜说。 “他对他的战士很严厉。 他的

eyes are made of stone." "He is a strong leader, true. But he loves Cora and Alice," Duncan answered. Magua's face had a very strange expression. Duncan did not know what to make of it. "Tell the dark-haired one that I want to speak to her," Magua said. Duncan didn't want to get Cora, but he did so anyway. As he led her back to where Magua stood, he whispered to her, "Offer him as much as you think your father would give for us. This could save our lives." Cora nodded. She understood they were in great danger. Magua looked at Duncan and said, "You. Leave." Duncan didn't move. But then Cora said, "It's fine. Please go and see that Alice is all right." Even though she was scared, Cora turned to Magua and said, "What do you have to say to the daughter of General Munro?"

眼睛是石头做的。”“没错，他是一位强有力的领导人。 但他爱科拉和爱丽丝，”邓肯回答。 玛瓜的脸上有一种很奇怪的表情。 邓肯不知道这是怎么回事。 “告诉黑头发的那个，我想和她说话，”马瓜说。 邓肯不想得到科拉，但他还是这样做了。 当他带她回到玛瓜站着的地方时，他低声对她说：“你认为你父亲会为我们付出多少，就给他多少。 这可以挽救我们的生命。” 科拉点了点头。她明白他们处于极大的危险之中。 马瓜看着邓肯说：“你。 离开。”邓肯没有动。 但科拉说：“没关系。 请去看看爱丽丝是否安好。” 尽管她很害怕，科拉还是转向玛瓜说：“你有什么话要对门罗将军的女儿说？”