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

"(''tu,-is o, \\. o iWtw te Cnt(t wta:lter,(aptain ] llarnstbe,,a l
has been0 used to these craft all htis i f. A wI itci
boat is matide. to pull wit a tut1) and line in it, as
natur-ally as a slit) is mtade tto sail tvith b}allkast,
ttld... ))
(Out ith it, out witfh it,' interrupl)t(eld the
other, witIh al impattient gesture, that his c.tockswat11t
knewt sig..nified a p:ositive' (determinationl I I.4't avinI.
a sigh at what ht t le deemed lis co. tmalnder's p>l t t
(lice, T:nn applied himself,; without tuA ther delnv-,
to the execution of. the orders..larnstaIblt l;aidl
his handt ftamiliarly oil thle shoulli(h.r ()' tlet' bu)y,
and led thirm to the stern of his little vesselt in pirot'outltd silence.'lh c anvass 1 (hood that eov,,'rcd(
the elltfranett to the cabin wlfls thlrowvt l)tar'ly- aside
tand }by the light of' the lamp thtat wtas b}.rnintg:i in
the small "at)partmn'ent, it \Nwxas easy to o\veilook, f'tom
the deck, w\'1.at was passing bleneath thm:tl. 1 )ill:.oet
sat sitIppor'tintg his h}ead ith his tw\o tattlds, itl a
manntttler that. shladed his t(he, ) but in antal attit.ud- t hlat
dtenoted (el)" aimtl abtstracted musing.
" t would1 that I could see tihe t- e of tmy pl tns'ner,)' sai(l t3arnslt able in anl under tone, thatl was
audibtle (ontly to his ctum)ianion.l "'lThe eye of a
mantt is a sort of liht-lhouse(, to tell tne how to
steerl into thte lhaven of his conllildetlnce, b)oy."'l'fAnd someti es t a l)eaon, si',t to warn you
there is no safei anchorage neair him,'' retunriied tIn
ready buy.
t "thlloguel ") mluttered Barntstable,' yo ttl cotv.sir.
KCate sl)okle thcere."
" It' mix cousin Plowden werie here, l: I. Barr,
stable, I know that }her ol)iion of' tt you, gtntlenta,
wou.ld not t. al l e at all mo'e f'tlouirale.".
" And yet, I lave (detei minedl t::,! rust |thim;:isten, boxy, and tell me if I aml wt'tn)g'l, you(
tve a tfluicl( wit, like some ofltt'hes of you faimily,