Chapter 31: XXX

XXX If you deny me, fie upon your law! There is no force in the decrees of Venice: I stand for judgment: answer, shall I have it? Merchant of Venice The silence continued unbroken by human sounds for many anxious minutes. Then the waving multitude opened and shut again, and Uncas stood in the living circle. All those eyes, which had been curiously studying the lineaments of the sage, as the source of their own intelligence, turned on the instant, and were now bent in s…