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

I b4t V1114 t f'Itfl tPI I)Ot
~ottin1ioQn eyest, beneath the rude ide waves, as Well at,
you coul(d indl tile Aay througqh the halls and tal.
t'ries of tlhe Abbcey, ith a noonday stl shining(
)pon is vttanes antl high climnetys."
"1 Is it your }tleasure, Colonet lttow\ard, that vwe,examijne titc three tmen, and ascertain whether they
bclonlg to tlhe numlber of these'.g'lifted pilots?" said
Clistopther I)illon, whlo was growing uteasy at
his awkward situation, altd w}ho h} ardly demetned t it.
t1necessary to) (onet Ial the look of contemt pt whlich
{he c'ast at the utit Alice, while lie sprokce; " Perlitaps we mt ay gather ilto rmation entoug)l.h from thettt,
to draw(t a ch}art of the colast that may tgain uts cr(*e(dit w-ith my lords of' tile Admilralty".'! ittts,unprotvoted attttack on their utnresistintt and
ttuoloictlt ng get s ttst brouht- lt the rich blood t: to the
verly tetples of Miss Ilowtard, who rose, all ad.dressedIf trsel f to her kl.insmant l with a anntter th'at
co(uld not t easily be( m1-istakenI, ay tmore tlhanl it
could be contlenmneld
( tf Mr. il)illon wv.'ilt c'omply with the wi shes of
Colonel IHoward, as Imly cousin has expressled them,
we shallt not, at least, h}atve to aetcuse ourtlselvs of
utlneeessarily detai ini g t en who prot)a)bly are
11nlore lt i' rtuitat te than guilty.tI
Wlthen she cocn{utded, Cecilia w<alketld facross tihe
aparttttent., and took a seat by t}le side of Alice
IU)ttsc..tombe, with whom shie beann to converse, it
a low, soothi n' tone of t voic Air. )illon lbowted
wvith a lei)rec'atit.ng thuniitxy,andI havting ascertained
hfhat (ColIonel fIoward choose to i\'Vc ant at dience
twihere he sate, tto the 1pri)s1oiers:t, she withldrew to
execute his mission'0), setNtly extlttin, g at any chtnge
that pro101mnised I to lead t a renlewalt oft a intt'icrco, se.
ih1.at:mli: t terminate Mnore to his a lvaft.ae t. haln
the lofty beaut'y whose latvour'lle courtetld was, at
pttseit1 disl,)sedi to concedel