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

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Aicc te i)unsolt.te east a furtive anr timid glance
t;t the P'ilot, whlich spoke even strtolt:l.er tlitan her
words, as ste (. ep}iedl... --
"; I kcntow, not that all wtichl is said of you aItnd
your d dttes is tttte. I have oftn prayiied, int bittellcss anld sorrowt that a tenth piart of that x vilictl
is lait to wyour l) ai'r may not be htap)(d on your
devotetd he,!ad a; t the l tkrrat and fiAt al a o1' t:l t 1..: ut,
J(i)htlt I have known yo l y ong and xextll, a,,:l{ Ileaven
tbhid, thlat ()on t}his so.lnuIcm) occatl8onx:Wlich lnay be)
the lkast (f outi tr earthtly intxaviexxs, I shlould be
i:ttiund wanvtir: in e(T'4istian. (dutya, tythroulth:l a w)m; —ans eaknCtess. I have often tihouglit, when I
htave heard ttihe gall oft it tcr reproach antid e nve1.oncld lanhtlm)age hurled agailst your iiaine, thlat
the(y w\ho spoke sot rasttlyi little understo:)td tthe
i1mant tlhey vi t u)eratetl d But, thou,'h ye are at
t:ints,. ad I ma)' say almost always, as mnild and
even as i the sm(ot}hest sea'ove{r \wii. hil: ye have
evet sailed, et old has t)inglctd in your nature a
itearffil mixttire of tier1e. }Ptassions, vwhich, roused
ar Cfmore lik(;t the stt, ltern x aters wheunl troubled
witlh th tl tornado. it is titfficut t b m; e to say hoxw
flint{hs etil sxirit may lead a man, who has hetaewn
goaYded by ftacied xwromigs, to tforget his country
and onte, and xvhio is suddtenly clothed 31 ith!0ow\'elt to S}ltow his'sCfilit'ui:its."
Tlhe P'ilot listened wtitht rooted atttenttion, and
ilis pierttig eye scete d to reach the scat of tOho)sft
thoughts xvihie she but half expressed still he
iC tzai I ed the entire conmmanad of' himself, and ansxve~reedm, more in sorrox tthal t in anlgert.....'' If any thi{ng couldt conve.rt me to: yo1ur ownV
peacetftul and unrsisting oin t)ions, A lice, it would
b he tim l rcflections t hai tt (flr ts themselves at this conviction, that evct you hllave ieen le y ttle baie
tongutes of my (ldastardl etteinies, to dottubt omy