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

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Alice )Dunstombte tanntouncedl tat t.a i ie1 potee e
wras expces:ctcd beloMw. Etven thle tunlustleeting Aliec
ont etntcring' observed a elittnge iln thc countenances
tandti demeanour of the twto tousint, whih bet rayed
that their seret conkferer e o thad not been entiwirely
without contention,. f'It.hte Ifatures of (Cecilia Nwere
disturbed and anxios at ta l ir exlpressio n not
1Unlike melancholy; while the dark flashing eye,
fltushed tmcn)lcs, and l t ouI deternined step( of
Katheri-ne exhibited'in a' t ctltta! l if not a gteate
degrete, a t(very (iifrent emotion. As no refirencee
to thte subt}jet of their conversatiion was, howe Vxert
nmade by either of the youn"' ladies, alt er thte etttrancee of Alice, she led the way, in sitenet, to the
d rawing t roolm.
ithe ladies NQwerlCe reecived, by Col. 1-Iward tand
Borrouglhelif$et, wvith marked attr tihtn. In the
obrt,-mer there were tmoment s wh eln a dceet gltoom
wouldt, il spite of his very obv ions cxc ltions to the
contrary, ste'al over his ol)en, g"el'erouls counitetarncee; but the recrnitihng oilleer mainltted al all air
of iir moTable lctoolt ness and composure. Tw. enty
timnes dtid heo detect the piercintg looks of Kalthefine itstentcd on him, Nwith an intentness, that a
less deliberative man mighrt have had the vanity
to misinterpret; but even thins flatteringc teslti
n)onialt of his pow\er to attract, ifailed to distuttrb
his se l.)f-po4session. It,was int v aitn that Kathe-,i ec endeavott red to rie ad hi s cou ltetance, where
e(very tl'i in wtas fixetd in ml1itary rigidityv thoulgh
i is oeportmt nt a.)pcaitea'd more thant usually easy
and natul'<ral. 1Tired at length x with) ther flit:rless s1crutiny, the excited girl turned her gaze
poln the el(odk ( to her ama1ze ment, slhe (discovered
that it was onl th.e st.roke of nine, and, disregardlint.
t dtel)preeatiniu glance from her cottsin, sehe arose
anld qtitted the ay)arttment. lior'rougltt cife open