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

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"i' A4 ~.:d,2 I^ h ave tno exquisite reason.tf ur'tl) hut l've rea.oQn gono enotuhtl
Ti-: countenancett of C(aptain Btorrougllitfe.
wtheit the sentinelt admtittted hi to tlet attatlmentt
that he had selected, was \i i that state of' (ldothtft
illillnnat ion, \whlen looks of' peculiar cunttiw. I:tcnd.l
so nit ely with thlie stare of vacancy, that the hu-l
man fUttc( is t1rendered not nttlike an AlriI daty, now
smi ling atlnd inviting, and at tie next ntontent cloaudte(d' andi:i l,'y. t was quite apparent thiat te:}t:.
soldier had an object fOir his unexpccted visit: by
the imioritant co(f, his aiir, and the sokleniity of thet
it:ntttort x with which ent erel on te o { )cbusinless,
I1 NV wnaed htis hiand lbo the Sentinel to r(tire, witht
Io fty dignity) and contitnued balancinin his IollY,
dutrint the closiit of the door, and wl ile a st}ound
continued ail it to his contilsel fi u utt iti cs vi t
his cxy s tixetd in tihe dir ic'tioi ofl the noiset, witili
that certain sort of wise look that in ntany mnCen
suippjlies the place of somvcthing bttt(,. W \l\hcn the
captain it felt hinimselh' secure fi omt in ~t(ltt optiont, {ihe
ionoved round vwith. quick inilitnary pirecisi.o, in ofrdter to fi(cc tle mai n of wx hootm lc x as in questi.,'i. ii (ith had I.)n(:,. s lee:piinw, t lot ihto h une'.asily, a{t(
with wtatchtt'futlness; and t thle ilot Itiat bcei ca tl ily