Satanstoe

Chapter 21

"And long shall timorous fancy see

The painted chief and pointed spear;

And Reason's self shall bow the knee

To shadows and delusions here."

FRENEAU.

It is not necessary to dwell on the manner in which Herman Mordaunt and his

companions became established at Ravensnest. Two or three days sufficed to

render them as comfortable as circumstances would permit; then Dirck and I

bethought us of proceeding in quest of the lands of Mooseridge. Mr. Worden

and Jason both declined going any further; the mill-seat, of which the last

was in quest, being, as I now learned, on the estate of Herman Mordaunt,

and having been for some time the subject of a negotiation between the

pedagogue and its owner. As for the divine, he declared that he saw a

suitable 'field' for his missionary labour whe