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

1'1t 1' 13 Pi II, LOT. 889
i''o the constable of the t owre, the E.itarI! Ciorn
wallis, a good and loyal nobl.)man, \wto0 is, at
t. iis 1noleltntlt, fighltintg the rebels int l;my oAwN -n native
pro vince, (Ch1ristopher"," interrupted the olot)onttn;
"( that will be whiat I call retributive jutsticc;
but," contintted thle veteran, rising wNith an air ()
gentlemanly dignity, "it wvill not (1o to pernmit
even the colnstable of the Tower of L)ondonE to
surptass thie miaster of St. Ruth in hospitality and
b-kintness to his prisoners. I have ordered suit-atble
refreshments to their apartments, and it is itlictam
bent oi t to see that tiy commaBnds lhave beentl)roperly obeyed. Arrangements must also' be
iade for thei reception of this Cal)tain 3Ianinstable,
rvtr \ill, tlodoibtless 0 soon be here.)"' Vitilln the lhour, at fartthest,") said )Dillon
tookitg luneasily at his w\atcht
\rWe must bte, stirring, boy)'" cont inued ttel
cohlttl, moving towards the door thtat led to tlte
apl'rtent,'Tts of his prisoners; b)ti there ist a
courtesy tdue to the ladies, as tvell as to tlhose n.n*
fortunate violators of the laws. —go) C(hristopher,
convtLevy lmy kindest wishes to: Ceccilia; she don't
deserve thetm, tlhe obtstinlate vixen but then she. is
my brot}tther Harry's child! and while there, you
1arch dto, ))leta(d your own cau se.'Mark Antolny
was a hiol to you tt a'ruse,' and yet Markt was
otn of you)r successful sutitors, too; ther wtas that
Queen of th }e Pyramids... i "l ".'"".''Y
T-lhe door closed on the excitedt veteran, at thcsct
words, and la.)i.ltt was left standing by himtself,
at the side of the tablc musing, ais if in doubt,
whetherl to venture o the step thbat hlis kinsmlann
tiad. proposed, or Inot.
Th le greater part of tle preceding discourse wtas
unintelligible to the cockswain, wi\ o }lad waited its
tet9rmination with extraordintary patience, in hopes