Posted by MMMMarcia on March 03, 2001 at 22:13:38:
In Reply to: Re: Am I Just 'Nitpicking'? The Gnome's sense of it..... posted by Kate on March 03, 2001 at 19:57:12:
Howdy,Kate!
Don't forget one point...Hawkeye uses the term "ANYONE" following our trail. Not "expert HURON trackers" or "eagle-eyed Ottawa (Ottowa?)." Perhaps, as Bill said, he was worried enough about them being tracked as it was, without having to leave behind graves that would point out to even those daft Frenchmen that they'd passed that way. Just a thought. And I also like Bill's point about the time it would involve. We see that night just how close behind them their enemies are.
Also, as for Hawkeye "snapping" at Cora, I've always thought he was so overcome with emotion over the death of his friends that he should be cut a little slack in that regard. First of all, OUR three stalwart heroes have just risked life and limb rescuing these silly people from their own folly of letting a Huron fool them into marching straight into an ambush. Secondly, they've taken on an addditional chore by agreeing to accompany them to the fort. THEN, they find their friends brutally murdered. And Hawkeye has already been taught that the Yengeese are a breed apart, don't forget. Frankly, I'm more surprised that he didn't tell Cora to just shut up and keep marching until he told her she could stop!
I've always loved that moment when he comes back to her with that tear glittering in his eye, and that lump in his throat that makes him swallow hard before he can even speak. But then I DO pride myself on being a true connoisseur of the subtle DDL gesture or look, doncha know!
Hey, I think you've started the most ardent debate we've had on this Board in a long time. Good on yer, Mate!
MMMM
PS...you can STILL stay with me this summer, even though you and I will probably have that serious disagreement! ;o)