The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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he wa\ tited for an antswer, as if he analyzed cacht
drop that ctrossed his palate.
Afit:r ant cbarrassing lruse of a moment, Cotonel towtard broke the silence.'''herce is reason in BIorroughclitdle's hint, fior
sucl I tIake it to he." I meant it foxr a plain, matter-ofiact cornplaint," interrupted the soldicr.
" And you have cause for it," eontimtnlcl thle
colonel. " It is unreasonable, (yinwistoliht.,', that
the laiie-s should allow their (lrealt of tti ( piratical countrymen of ours to exclude us oin - thciscicitly, thougt prudence may requtire th it threy
ren1itn seclulded it thellir aparitcents'. t\e \ow
thle respect tto Captain tl lorrougtlhel itil, thiat at least
we admit him to the sight of the ofi i:c-ri ItiIn an
"''!tatt is precis-ely my lmeaninglf: S,(aitd the rap
tain; "as for:. dinintg wVith) them, whly, I amN well
provided fol here, butt thIere is no one k:.owt s l)how
to set hot wster a ltissing, in so profei,.ssional a m]niti
l(' it as a wom\(,lItt. So fo'rwardl) ly (dear lltld h}t
nonr(lttd cColontel and lay your ittjunctions on them
that they lt.oin,anttd yourt humtllble seivantt ani.
ltr. C.,oke unto l,ittleton to advanlei ani d give tll.c
countersign Aof egalltanttry."
i)itlon contracted his disagreeable feaw 1rues iMto
somethinw'~ (itheat was ittentded for a sratirical smitle.t
betfore le spoke ats follows
" Both thte v eteran Colonel lloward and thte"
gallant C(a4)ptain'.;orroutgphliefli, may fiind it easier
to overcome the enemies of his tmajesty in the field
than~ to shake. a uvontan's caprice. Not a dfay has
ptassed, the(se tihre( weepks, that I have,not sent
my inqutiicrs to the doort of Miss 1-iowvtard, as hbe.
ca(l hltetr fattiler's kinsm-an, w\ith a wtish} to appeaset
her apprelhnsioni of thle piratesttj bu)t little has slmhe