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

" It yout (iisatpprovoe of our visit,' sait C ciliia)
it c(alnnot be ri'jht, atand w e had hbetter returnt.
c~ No, tno I havc sai (t Viatgltit t1 disa)approve of
your present errand. If God htas plt the lives 4)f
those in your 11 custody whom ye have taught yo'urt
selves to hlook up;o with love and rcveretic:nce0 sch
ts \\w(olta is bolind to yield to ontte manl hc, hatis
d(lote it ftr not itdle purposet.,ead us to thetir
lootrs, Katherine; ltt us relieve. o doubtst, a:t
letast.
Tile ard(eItn ogirl did'not t ait'for a second bidd(tfit:, u )tt she lt ed theimn,n witlh litlht and quick steps,
ailton'lt thle,ttallery, uttili tlhey reachted its t:('et'rmmattlt
tion, where they desc:endtedf to the baslt.menlt floor
by a flighlt of nartrowt t steps, t)sand carefitlly openitng
tt small dootlr, en(.r,''fged into the open air:' hey
11toN stoodi otn ta sall pIlat of grass, which lay lteI wcctn tlie building:}g. and the o{~rnamecntal garden,
across wbidih ttey Moved rapidly, concealing. thncir
lit,:ts and b1 ndin.g theni h in'h king forms beflore
t.le sthiv(t11i1 blasts thaltt poured their fiStry upon
lthem IS O t t te ottal. They soon -eached a large
h.t)t rogth addition to the btuilh dintvs th, t concet aled
its plain tarchtitectiuro c!'ind the more lahbourt
ntild hi hlyy finisht(ed parts oft tlhe Cdif tict into wlt-ichf
tthey etltered throlig. a rmassive door that stoodt
ajar, as if to admiit thentI.Ii,
"( Chloe has bccn ttfcl to my ordters," whisplr.
ttd Kathec'rine, as tIe:'y p:assed out Of the chilling
air; owtV it't f all the servants are asleep, oltr
chantee to e.scape unno.ticd1 amotnts to certainty."
it )ec(:ame. ne.eessalrv to,'o(' throutthl the serv ant's
thalt, which4 they cliected utno:b:secrv:ed, as it had but
oitnte Ote:t)cupant,~ an ageltdtt! dtackt n, wht on>, Ito eintg P}osted witih htis.ear xwvitthin two fe e t of a bel, in thlis attitude hIad cot)nmitte(d }himself to a ldeept slee.t
Clidin throtullgf thlis hiallt they entCred diver's Ion{
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