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

tPn m'ie t1110 fr!oi )'11 ot for evert f as 1 unworth of ytou
" I ctuitt yout of' )otlt 1tllnuch tsi tla th a n 1 a
actui( t mtyself of tin t lart e of wea o ness and f(tIly',"
eonltinutned (C c.ihlia; utlt there are many thlitel,',
thtt1 htave xe:,'1111rt sinc e last,1met, to jprevelt
K rei)etition of such itncot siderate orasltness on tImy
)aL't ()tOne of them iSn " Slhe addedt i lifing swveet..ly
" that I lhave nttml)ered twelve tadditiontal nt onit,tts
o t my'ta",ttand 1 h4lundred to rmy exterteic(. A n.ot ithertland perhaps a more im'por'tl(ant one,, is, that
lily unco l tlhen continuied alIfoln the f iienlds of his
yotlh, S.irriounded Iby tltose Wl0sde 1)f00(,nifnl4es
itth his own \\l Itt heeI he litv.t:s a st:ran4lle, (and;t
tt~;h 1-e 11AS ilads5 some con solWation in dwellin itn a
b}tlittling w h re }his ancesttors thave dwelt hletf(re
}tim, yt he walks asn alt i en t lrou 4l{ its gol11m N y
]assrat'ises, alldtt' ) t ld t11i tle ltIltpy honoI r t1)t ta tni3t(1 l fll(ompe:nsation ftr the kindness and a (ifld.tion
of ot \\ti he' l'1 t1as loved anti cherished from hler:( \tAnd yt the is oljposcd to yot inl Yo)t1' private
wishes, (-et.iliai, tlnt1css mt y tbesotted vlanity thats le'd
4e to1) { elieve what it would now }) smiadness to learnt
w(as itase; and in your o.pitions of public thling:s,
y'OUl at'{(I tlitie as widely se)t:aratedl. I shol(tiltl think
tllree could:)e: ).1t lit tle happiness dependltant on( 0'
ontinexioni wherfre there is no one teelinfl ente.rtained ill (o)ntt112t-ll."
Th lceir is, a d a111 all-inlmportan{t one,'' said M:I iss
l.howard "'tis " our love. liJe is my kind, my aLflee-tionate, a)<1, unle.ss tlhwva tetl by sotme evil valtse.
ily' indillti.ernt uncl'e and guardian.....and! am hIia
brother l'!arry's b ill.'lThis tie is 01t easily to he
sevetlre, MIr.':Irif'it tiho, 1s do not wish to
et you erae(, I sall ht add that your besotted
vanit, has l:ayed you atl:se u l t,: surely,:Edv, ard,