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

I Th' 1-11 1f PiLO4-T
the. tales oft other times and hard campaigns, two
very difufirenlit scenes occ.'red in other pa,;ts of th
buildin',
Whien t}he quiet of th}e abbey Iwas only inrtelr
ruitet ed y ti e ho\wlitf of t1he h widll, or'by the
otild and prolongedl luighs wvlbicih eclocdho throuight
thie pssages frtot m the joyous pair, who were thlui
conttlf tably ('stillisc d by the silde of the.bottle,
a door wasV gently opcnted on onoe of. the gallet'ie
of the' cl)oiste.rs;'' and Kl(1.atht'rill ['lowde issuett
from itt wrsapptd(l iln a etlost- tltt, and holding in
her bhand a t abct i t r laml>, wlhich t hre}w its tdiml
liTiit tuitltf alonrt tlte. gloomty walls in front, le'av
im, all behind lier tlscurlted in (larkc'ssi. Sthi was;
howevcr, soon followed by two othecr fiem{'alec
tigur:s, clad in the same nianner, and p rovidel
twith sitilar liglhts. Wthen all w\eret in tlet gallery:
I(attheriie drew t{ c (door softly to, anid rt()ced(ftt
ilt ftront to lead the waty.
" list!' said the low, tremulous v oie of' (Ceeihia, they tare yet upt i;n the other part-s of tbte
house; and if it te,as you stuspect, otur' visit wou)tild
betray Itheni, Iant rox.' the means of' their cert
tail (Isttrtot iot.''s tl(e ltaul h of Colonel ota ii hitS cup')s so
singt:tultar attd 1tinknlownl to yourl car, ( ccilia, that
you know it not'" said Katherine -with a little
spiirtit; 0' (1r 0 you foirget that on suchf occasions
lie scottI) ltaves himself' ears t o hear, ort. ecs ti
sec(, With But fillfow me; it is ats I suspeetii t t.imust
(c! as Ia su specf^t; and unless wle (l somet}ihin, to
rscue t l'them, they are lost, without they have laid
a (ttep)(-tr siticte thant is h a)lt:areit t.1'" It is a dtan.tltoi"' s road yct both jttmi'tcy, adtdci the pl)aci(t tones of'" Alicc i)ttseol.)te; (; tti
ye a're young, aid )ye are credulous.)'