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

16 ~24~ TIl}E PI'LOt,
%othing nore so mly resJ)ectallet host," Mt
turnel twhe j.ound soldier; " but it sc eth
tvMn s -istlor une t(hla a trio of sl flesh and
ublood s lZ d need work. wlherewithal to ex(i
the tews and sinews, while s ] tany' of th e vesn
sels of is m',ajiesty's fleet n.avigate tie oce i
( st otf h h tie enies of 0ld f'anglai'd.
I here is truth in that; mtch tit i your
(remar i ('ied the ecolonel. A Whaty YOU Y
lads, will you fight ihe Frenchlmna'n ald the I i
a-! amid veven toy own relmel/ious anl infatuated
l v X lntrvnlen? N ay, by h; c } va I' f t i{ st
tat Shall ievvent his Itesty it-is'onl o nta ti
[k~) RAcv3 fr }ittaj('sty: fro P"51511ht
setcs of' three such heroes. et - fIv
g}oiieas a-.pie ft r )'0 tfhe momen t t p t o jut
fot on oard thle A\laerity cuttert; aid that can
elasiy he done, as sle lies at anltchort this vet nigt
l to slorlt _leagues to the soth Of this i
smlrl~all Hi't, wh.eic she is ridig oot the gle a,,'.
8011141)' as if' stex were ini a corner of this i'o.ont1''
On1e, of' thle men (aflec ted to, gaLze at the mronley
wit lmngtm eyeswieh ask ed'is if' wehdign,
(line termls of thlecgaeit
"Whe~ther the Al'acrity was cleagodsA
botat, and wNas thoughAV~t to(: give (a comfortable. huhd
to hicr crewA~ "'
" ( inf'rtale B>echoed Jittomhlfe;'fbi
tiedt itat ti'i' She is calIled the hratvvst, cut ter'in the
itaiy x Y00 have sen4 Much) of the., world, I dn
s,,did ouni exvetr sec s.ch1 a place as thle itiarimie
atsenal P(at-CarthIiagji t'i, inl old Spain5'
ln)(lt ml fI hlaVe, sit'" i-ctumtnedl thle se~aman, in a
co eol collecte"d. toile,
Al kh voi'hav e 1.well, diid )'oit eve-er meet wvith
ai house Inl l'aris thatd they cal (. the'l'uileries
becfause — it's aduog-kennl-6 to (lie A, facritv.'
"I ha —ve even~ fallen- Inl witl l. V th pl-" )ace v)'om mlen