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

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trace of mirth vanttished from her countenance,
leaving a rnionentary death-like,.palcness cr1ossing
her firace) as -she claIspe(l her hands beforeI her, and
fstemtned her keen eyes vacat.tlly O n the s)lendid
pices oft'ilk that now l ay unheeded around her.
At this critical moment the door of the room slow-.
ly opened, a nd (Colonel I toward entered the apartmet it it} atn at that displayied a drtoll mixtture of
stern ilt iw..n } altion, with a chivalric awdl htabituatl re
spi)ect to thte stex.
" I solicit youri plardon, yomnt ladies, for tie interruplt ion," he sail; "' I trust, however, that an
oltd man's presen e an nevert be entirely unexpected in the t lt awiitroom of his w tardls.
As hte )owed, tlte- 1lontll I settedl himself on t lhe
endI of th;e c (ouc-l(, op:po'site to the t)lta('e whcre h is
niecc had been reclinijnr, fio' MNiss ioward( hlad
risen. at his entraitee, a.nd conftinued standintrg until
hcr utcle htadt comoibitIally disposed of himself,'l'hrowhing a glance, whiceh was not entirely fire
1from xsilt:. omm iidattiou around the comtlobrtable
pa~rtm(nt, th vetveiian proceeded, in the same t.one
as lbefore..........
t You are not without the means of mtakintg aI:ny
guest wlcome, o I si(101 se cr the nece ssity of stucl,
constant seclusiotn f'o m the eyes of the world a:
you thus riiidltfly tlractise
(Cecilia l.ookttd timidly at her unetcle, withT si"prisc, befoire shle ret urned Ian answer to his e,
W'We er ttainlys owe mtuch to your kind attem
tion, (lteai sir,"tlt she fat length uttered; " hut iS o0
retirement altogether volunttary?~'( tiot' clan it i)t tterwise! are you not MA 8
ti'ess of this tansiot, ta1am! In select ing't
retsitdemncet where your' and, petmit m'te to add((, ay
aci)estmsI',s So) lont (Ielt, in creit ac(lt honou, I
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