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

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( ell t I how we canl oblige you, sir,' c ti
tted 1(athlerine. " and if it be iIn a"Lrny manneral' tt'ia
+will relieve the tediuml of th}is dull residence, I
promise you at least ot1,ne cheerfut l assistant to yo.ti';ehele1."'
" You speak ftir,5" cried the colonel, "' and like
two distetrt anld worthy girls! el, tt,,rtfirst step shall e) to send a mlessage to D)illon and
th(e captain, atd invite them to attend your coffee.
I see the houtr alpproaches.)
Ceccilia rmade no reply, but looked distressed,
and dropped hIert mild eyes to the carpet; but Miss'[-owdien took it upon herlself to answer.>' Nay, sir, that Nwould l)e fot them', to proceed
in the natter; as your p'roposal was tha tthe first
step) should be our, sutlppose wel all'Atdjoulrnt to your
part of tle house) and (1( the hono0urs of tie tetatable in yo1ur dtrawing,-rloomx, inst ead oft our otwn
I understalnd, sir, that you have had an tapartment!itted tl f1}or tlhat p)urpo)se in sot e style; a woman's
taste mighlt aid your designs, thowevert'.
< Miss P.t'w\cden, I believe I intilated to you
some time sine," sraid the displeased colonel,
"th at so lfon:t as certain sutsiciots vessels were
kniown to rhoviert o(n this coast, I should desire thlat
you and Mis-s Iltoward w\ould conftine yourselves to
this wing."
" Do not say that we confline ourselves," said
I(athterinc, but let it le spoken in plain E.1nglish,
that yout ctfine us here."'
Attm I a gaoler, Imadam, that you apply sutlch
e)ithets to myt conduct i iss Alice must ftbri
stttrang conclusions of our manners if she receive
her iin1xpressions firom your very si)ngutar ret arks
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Alt mneasures adopted friom a dtread of the sl hip
and schootoncr that ran within the )evil's Grip, ye.