The Last of the Mohicans, Chapter 23 요약

줄거리

1. David leads Duncan into the council lodge, where Duncan answers suspicious questions and gains approval for his painted disguise as a healer.
2. A returning war party interrupts the meeting, and the village prepares an armed passage for a captive to run through.
3. Duncan trips a pursuing warrior, allowing the captive to reach a post that protects him until the council decides his fate.
4. The captive endures insults without flinching, and a movement toward the light reveals to Duncan that he is Uncas.
5. Inside the lodge, Uncas explains that he follows a fleeing coward into a trap and points toward a disgraced Huron.
6. The chief condemns Reed-that-bends for repeated cowardice and stabs him; a woman extinguishes the torch, and the spectators leave.

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Uncas explains his capture without conceding weakness. His accompanying gesture directs the council's attention toward the disgraced Huron and shifts the proceedings toward that man's judgment.

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