Chapter 30

"So deem'st thou - so each mortal deems

Of that which is from that which seems;

But other harvest here

Than that which peasant's scythe demands,

Was gather'd in by sterner hands,

With bayonet, blade, and spear."

Scott, "The Field of Waterloo," V.i-6.

It exceeded Deerslayer's power to ascertain what had produced the sudden pause