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

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hole )nust you x'inti your flightt on t11 pinions of
love,"
h- But howv' Th'e t}tingt, is illossihtle.'
" 11n iltaginatin on ly.'i't re i snlte sttir; a
rood d(i cat of f(olist a1 ) prehlnsio1;1 att1(d a gt catt cxctss of idle curiosityl, att10onfg lertainl of t hi e itplaits
of this house o tn yo01' ae't0ont.. i hey fr.itt tIIhe rse1}) lS, V tho' \ Ie all biklt \, hitsve not soldier s (t('not11gil
to (do their w XX t t y aI t t}o l{c, anld wh of co1 t r:e
oul 011e1(11x think of scnuiln,"r.i any ihere.'ot wish
to bIe asnt.s i.t. \I wish to S (,a t ta t rother it distress.(
Throou;h that window yo0 must lt:)e Stui)posed to
fly 1 —--— 1-.... ilatt t oxt}; 1wh1itle by folltowintlg te you
ca(tll pas; the s'tentitl,'n8d tciitre p})etacatily liike any
other mrtal, oi yo5ur own to stout ]t'tlK, S'l'hlis s a rsut that e x':eeld all tat Manalt,
)at(1d anttici(tte cd f1rom their atiet.t, bitt tdroll dita-.lotue and thle lhint was h2tardly5ive1, befotre 1)0
thr Newv ont thle:ai:nc'lli:ts tlhat tagitiation lhad b lt i:t
retll dered s t s u t1l. t)r1ancs, and in lt ss tin ae tt han
we hay'e tta 1tken to rel te it, the 8marine waS Cotpietelt.y equippjd foir his departur'e. In the ncean
timet, (:i)ptain t lrrout: t0 ielt fe raised hirinlself to tan
extremely erect post ure wxhichtt lie Iaintaintc t,
with the iniflexibility of'a rigid,artiniet. tintt When
he.fi.)ut1:( hiisetlf tstatblislhet otn his feit) the soldier
inlt:tinatcdt to his prl'isotner tlhat lte \5as r'teady to tp'ocee(. ".tte (1(door xas itstiant:ly oc}:ned byl anual,
and to ti:ltc(.r the-y titeit'd thie gfallery.
( Who cor01008 there? ttied the sentinel, wilth
a viailante and it ourt tilat he inttttled shou tl
ctliompensatt(*e tt r li)s previous tcnel'e: t of d(uty.
Xt Walk t strtai.;ht, that e tmttay' S ).t)ou tisatid
Borole:tlt-eltifh:, \xwith nltc:} pht)tilosop)hy,
"{ Whl o toes ther'e' t tte: ( thet i sentinel.
tihrow int. his mustket to a poise, with a rtattlint
g0t1out that echoed alon tihe naked xwalis.