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

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and intricate passag(.s, all of whlich seemed as fit.
mtiliar to Katlle(rine as tlhey wnere tunknowvtl to her
toml)antMiolns until thl y -reachttsed atilothert'ighlt of
steps, XIic.t tl,'y as(ndt-cltfd.'they orwere lnow nea0
theit g, ial stai ioppt ( tol eXamine, vhl(the'r any,' om
what difhiculties wel re likely to be opposed to their
filrthet Ir l)rgrcss.
" Now\x, indel', (l i e Ise seeOiis hopelelss," wh)isper'(t (Katherile,'s thley to0(d,( concealed by th(t
darkness, it) one end of an extreoinelyc long,1,natrro\w passaetr "h re is the sentinel in thte hbuildin, instead (of ) teil as I lhad sut)ltosed, t under tie(
wvildl(o)w s; what is to hbe done now'm\
L'Let uIs re't3rnll," sai(l Ce:iia, in the sa.me m)an1ter; n -lily inttlu(ence w\ith my tunle is g.reoatt, o\ven
thotlh hie seems unkind to ts at timl-es. In thet
moring" I w'ill u1se it to rtrsuadtle him to free themlt
o0)l,.e(.iVint)[ their' h promise to abantldon all su ch at.
temlts in hiture."'
nt tlte moirnin it wvili be too late'." returned
K.vatherine C 1 saw that dlemon, Kit l)il.t. n, mlttlnont
htis }lhorseit under thle preCtelceC of riding to the t groe at
-hunt of to-wlrriowl but I know hfis isna Iaicious cv ye
to(o \vell to te (ieeeivctl in his errattnd. lie is sil(ent
th}at'hle matY et sturt, and it to-i.)orr'l0ow conies, aand
ftii.ds r(iffith within these walls, loC will be c.(.r)tdeItllnc)( to a seatfl:old.t"
"Say no niore,'(" staid Aliee I)tulscefI).re, wit}h
sintgularl erotioir; " some hlcky circumstancvIe may
aid uts wits it this sentttintel.''
As site sip)ok, shfe advanced; they )had not ttpro
eteded tfltr, ht'('torc the stern voicte of the soldiel
chlvle'ngped tilm' partty:
(c'is no tuin le to lhesitate," whis)'re'! atl:erinet; " te are the ladies of rthe ahbe:y, l ookinm,
to our' domtestic tltirse,' i she contitled'loud, and
think it a little rctm'altable lalo t twe art'( to e(lcolu