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

"Then) let hlis itajety show, his gacletoust fact,
and c(:tme and take us, ot' Pit be............ —{lte asseveratiotti of tilhe rine watiM s interrtupl)ted
})y G(raiflth, wlhose 1 Mood 1had lszesil)ly c(oled> and
whose grenerous fe(lings.were,awtak. enedl int behalf
of his Olit td.n\ow that his owl)rst fate steein3d der."' t1t(l, Miuita1," hte cried,.make no riash
oaths C aplltain Blorroughetcliffe, I am Eld:tlward -1ri:..
fit},, tt lieut(.tenant in the navy of tlhe U nited Atlne
rican Stitest anld I }le(tge you lny honourill to a
parole........."'. Release him1' said Bll 11orrou clifet.
('illith advane (l between the two parties, and
spoke so as to bet heartd by both) t.
I )l)opolse to d(eseend to the vault and asce(etain tle loss tand pie)'(sent strt'et th of (aptain:ltaI
nualt's }altyl;if t'he lattler lIe iot g reater that I
app)re}end, I shall advise hlim to (a sturrender on
the ustal condllitions of civilized nations?1'
G0o,)) said the sold(iert; " but stay;is he a
halIf-and-half......t..t.a amptio. l)..itl. -.. pslaw! I meaptan ta' e'is, 8sir a eaitain in thate..cp.t's..'.)
O T[he ve ry man," Inltortll)teltd Botrrougheltife
t I thought I recollected thle liqt{id sountls of his
voice. It will be well to sp)eak to hitt. of the good
fitre of St. R:.uthl; tand you may add, that I ktnow
my man; shall besiege.o instead of st oiming. hi-t,
Nith tilte ttetainty of a sttrrender when his canteen is empty. The vault lhe is in holls no s uch
beverago:e as the cellars of the abbey."
GXriffith smiled, in sl)itc o:f the occeasion antl hts
vexationl and. making a slight inclination of'his
bea(l, he passedt into the vault, giving notice to this
fritetds,) by his voice, in ortler to apptrise the) wlho
ap})proached.