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

broultt to hert ehleek, was increased to a still
leeper btlootlm.
I hope yor b)lushes anOd bis sintidlS are not
om1inom is, Kate," added (Cecilia; can green imply
his jealousy, as white does your purity wh.i at
says lie, coz?1'
". lIe tall'ks, ike yourself, much nonsensen," s:aitl
lKatherie, turning to her tlags, w\ith a pettish.air,
thiat was 8sinttularly contradicted by her gr' tifitd
cotntenane; l but tht l. situation of tlinDgs trettpin re
that I should tallt to Barnstable more f'reely."
"I can retire," said (Cceilia, rising tomul lic
c(ttair witli a g-rave manner.
Nay, (Cecilia, I do not d(escrve these loorks-. —-'tis you who exhibit levity now! Bitt you can tl )Ci'
ccivt f(r y ourself t that etvening is closi tng in, ar
that some other mediurm fior ct.onversation, beslties
the eyes, may be adoptctd.f A Icre is a sig tnalt
whic\ l w-ill answer'T When. the eAbbei ctlock strikes
a tier, coatie wtnith care to the w t icket, twh ic pes, at
lie east side qf the Paddock, ot n the troadt ttt$tit
thena, keep secret.' I h}ad prejpared thlis Nvery signal,
ito cttase antt t interview should'be ntecessary."
t \Vell, he sees it," r'e:urnd.t C.ecilia, who Ii ad;'esulnc hlt' l lace by tlhe tlcescope, " and sceem
dlisposed to obey you, for I no longer (liseen 1his
llagts )r his person."'
M iss Ilowatrd tnow arose from betfore the glass
her obsert\'attions being etnded; but Katherine did
tnot return th-l instrument to its (tornet, twithout fittcting one long and an xious look tlhrough it, 01.
what i))nowV aaed to thle (dcerted to tower. ie
interest and anxiety produece by thiis short and
impl)erlff.ct comml unication bletween Miss Plowdent
-ilr }her lover, did not fiil to excite rcllections it)
tiothi thft ladies, that furnished matritals to hold
them in artiest discourse, until the ctrancet oft'
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