[The Rulers of the Lakes by Joseph A. Altsheler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Rulers of the Lakes CHAPTER IX 3/33
We cannot see Areskoui, because he is on the other side of the world now, but he turned his face toward us and bade us go and win.
Nor can we see Tododaho on his star, because of the mighty veil that has been drawn between, but the great Onondaga chief who went away to eternal life more than four hundred centuries ago still watches over his own, and I know that his spirit is with us." "Can you see the island yet, Tayoga? My eyes make out a shadow in the mist, but whether it's land, or merely a darker stream of vapor, I can't tell." "I am not sure either, but I do not think it is land.
The island is four hundred yards away, and the mist is so thick that neither the earth itself nor the trees and bushes would yet appear through it." "You must be right, and we're swimming slowly, too, to avoid any splashing of the water that would alarm St.Luc's sentinels.
At what point do you think we'll approach the island, Tayoga ?" "From the north, because if they are expecting us at all they will look for us from the west.
See, Daganoweda already leads in the curve toward the north." "It's so, Tayoga.
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