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

4100 "'ETi'iiUST PILOT
sfnliciently ildicated tliat he hal it i his thoughts,
iltled the sentenclr e with e(xpr)iT tsioiS al)mdttl ttlt v
flattering to his own fteelints,
low's this atit )" Cerlied the colonelt.;'0 n*5'
tWO k tds ewa n lilaei t' ill t tb dlt (g a \ 1 t vagranIt
v agabond( ld(r, l el( I tlt oe { my e(yes; is tlhis tt reas (,
M i;.i Ctlith? t or v hat means thS t eCXt t ti ttrtatri
vis!it of ftis yaoung gentlemanuit?
"' Ils it extirao0 din tr y r sir," said Merry hit sclft;
Iosin{g his asstin e ax kwardiiess, int tile ct aS int:d
t.Ionli(ence of o( nx h\ose liteuliti ess had( b een early
etxereis e(dI, d" tlat a loiy, Iikde lysclet (tstittte d tof
ilt:rtlt a0 sisterst Is I shotuld talke a like risk 1on uliit).
selt fto( visit the only two (talttt retities Ih s is
\'X'l this disguise, then? surely, yonttg ttl( lman:I it x was tuntccessary to enter hlhe dweltlliti(
of old (-oieonrge HIoxxard, on such.' an errand, clandest i 4-l., e. ven tho ug yo u tender vears have
b1on ipractised (i)t to lead you astr(ay fi.o t your
allegiance. M'. (41iiffitht and C( a})tain antial
must:t s.par'tldon me, if l ex.)ress sentimnlents, tit ixy
owna}. tabII t thlit t tey maty fitt l l)leaslnt; but th is
bus t iness ( trequires us to be ex}plieit.. "
[T'he hosp(itati tlity.of' Colonel tIowart is un-l
(tt estiota })le,' returllled i he t 1oy; " ut he has a
great repultation fOr his loyalty t o. the crtown,"
Ay-!\.y, youn,'ig gentleman;;antil I trutst, with
some l j u st i ee."
" Wvouttld it, then hae satf, to intrust ily' )'e>'0t
in the:hands f oone xl o m\l iigtt otik it tis dttty to
"'tifis is ltiausible enoutgh, Calta a In Btorroutgh-:eliff, anld I doubt no t tihe boy'speaks Nwith l candour.! wotillF, \ noxx t^hKat my kinsniatnlt ti, ir[t.
Christopher Dl)illon, were ht ere, a that I m ig l}t leartt