A second Indian
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Momentos depois, no lugar desta cena já deserto, entreabriu-se uma moita espessa, e surdir um índio completamente nu, ornado apenas com uma trofa de penas amarelas.
Moments later, in the now-deserted spot of this scene, a thick bush parted, and out came an Indian entirely naked, adorned only with a tuft of yellow feathers.
Moments later, in the now-deserted spot, a thick bush parted, and out came an Indian entirely naked, adorned only with a tuft of yellow feathers.
A watcher was there all along. This second Indian — of a hostile tribe, as later chapters reveal — turns the closed hunt into the opening of a threat, and the chapter ends by pointing beyond itself. ('surdir', 'trofa' preserved as printed in the source.)
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