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

I'lt, PiLOT'. i. 35
ed thel. laughing female onl tlhe fioor, clappinzg belt
htanlds totll'ther in "iulisht exultationt. I tdo long
(:e'itiat, ttr( a o!t porttitny to e xjibit t, t.y skill.'''While tr(' C(tusi was speakin,t g Aliss ilt-oward
raised hter lhtead, Awith a Iahint smile, and as she tiurn8(d helr eye) o tow\ards tle other, a sp)ectator ttight
havte b)eetn isap))oinltc(, but could itot }have bteet
dis:leasel(, by the unexjpected change the action
jroduced ini the expression of her countenance.
Instead of' the pi'ering 1hblae' eyes tha t.the. deep
colo1tt of' her tresses would (lead him to expect, lie
voutld hla1e behe-tl tw\to large ildt blue ort.s, thatt
seemed to float in a liquid so ptitre as to be netarly
invisible, and N(which were more remarktable fbt
their tenderness ant d lpersuasion,:than bi' the vivid
flashes that darted friom the quick glances of lie'
eoiitpan ion.
" the success of: your manad excursion to the Sea
Sidle, i cousin, has hewvildered youtr lraitt,' returned (C ecilta })thit I lknow ot how to conquett.tourt dis(:asei unless } we otpres'rie 8salt-warmte. ftor
the.rene(dy as in some othei' cases otf madntss
< Ii I atin af taid your nostrumt would be uset -
less,' (crit. Katthertine; " it thas failed t:o wash out(
the (diso'flde ti'on the sedate:IMr. Ittichard Ba1rnstttable, tho has 1had thte regintl administered( to
htiml througtm itany ta hard gxate, but l)ho continttes
as filir a candidate tfo bedlam- as ever. tWouldt
you think it, C:iely, thte crazy-one irged me, int
the ten mtiniutes (tonvertsattion we held (togttet r1 o
the cliffst to aece pt of lis 8sclooner as a showerbath }'
{ I can thitnk that your hardihood miglit encourage lhim to expec4t much, but surely lie could noX. <:ave T!bee. se ious it sutch a i)roposal': 1 (.)! to (10 thle x'reteh justiee, he did say
some,,cthling, of a chatplainl to consecrate til t net;i