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

3410 T1 t: X PILOT.
lhe might obtain some infortmation tthat he (coll1
render of setviree to thle captives. lieflr( he ihad
tine to decide on rwhat was now best for h im t(
to, I) )illon suddenly determi' ed to venture h}itnself in thl cloisters; antld swat\lowit a t)})ple of
glasses of wivne in a breath, he passed the hesi.
tating coclkswainl, 1who waNs coneealec d Iby them open0
i11 tloot. so closely as to brush his pterson, t aikd
itoved dotnu the gaillery withl those ratpid strides,
twxiclh Pn an who act atintler the imnpulse of forced
rsotluti )ns, arte verty ap3t to assume) as ift to coneea<i thir i weakness Ito 1oi themsvciTs.......... 1'oun hesitrttedt no longer, but aiding the imdpulse given to
thet door by D)illont, as he pttass e(t, so as to darkenit
thle passiage, he fil)owed the sounds of the otherl's
fi)otostetps, while he. tro1d, in tlhe manner atreadt y
dfIscrit)dI th}e st:tme pt: ctvecnt of the gallcry.
Dillon paustd an instant; at the turnit tthat led to
ttl ttl O' I tortrotlw lif:e, } ibut whether irresolute,
Xwhict tvay ~to urge his steps, or listeling to the
intt0auttious tandl heav-t y tre"ad of the (ocklvtswati, is
not klnoxw; if the latter, he mistook theu.t fort t te
to. hoes of hi:s own footsteps, and moved ftorward+
a"ain wXittout makig any discovery.
The light tap whAich f)illon gttave ont t he door
of t( withldrlawtitng-troomtl of' tfle cloit.ets, was
1m1sWeredl by the soft. voice of Cecilia lHow ar(l
herself; Xwho bid the atpilicant enter. T.lthere Vwas
a sli'gh.t confision eviduent in the Itanntter of thle
gentleman as ti comlied wi thd t he bidding, and in
its tesiiCanm,', the door' tvas, m' an instant, negl ect. -
i comet, Miss Hltowardi said I.)illon, by tlhe
eotmainiats of your ticle, and, permit nle to iadd,
bty Itiy oXtn..-.-." M'ay liearten slhield as!" exclaimed (ee ilia,
ctalastg hel' hands in afftig"!t, ald rising itvolun..