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

Speak Nyou frtomt the heart now, Katherine?X"Vey ntc arly,...if not exactly."
h''h ne hatve. been) cruelly deceivel It i:s es.
mlert to findl a path in the tracless ocean, wvithout
elart otr cormpass, than to know tle windilgs of a
wvOlmlatn8 heal't!''
Nay, nta, toishl an; m yon i brgt that I at
but small, atnd how very near my tead is to my
heartt; too nigh:, I fear, for the discretion of theil
mistress! but is there T o method of forcing (C iffith and Cec:ilia to their ownt good1, Awithoutt I)lundue
violence?"
I It cannot be done; he is mlly _sentior in rank,
and thie instant I nrelease lhim he will claim the cotrmanttd. A question 1mnight be raised(l at a leisurte
moment,~ o(n thle merits of such a claim.. ]-.mtut even
mtiy own menJ are) as you knowI nothillg but a dra t'ft
fiom the frigate, and they +would not hesitate to
obe) thle orders of thle firtst lieutenant, who is not a
manl to trifle oiln matters of dulty."0'Tis vexiatious, truly," sai(l Katherlle, "1 that
alt my well concerted schemtes in behalf' of this
wVayward pair, should be fr'ustrated by their ownl
wilfuil conduct! But after all, have you justly' es
tireated: youtr strength, Barnstable? are you certaill that you wtould be successtful, and that without
hazatrd ttoo, if you should mae( I1a k tIhe atttemplt 0')
Morallyf> ~, and what is better, ph ysically t ei
taln. My Irmenl are loasely hid, whpvre no one suspects an enetmy to lie;they are anxious foIrl the enltetrkrisc, anld the suddeminness of the attack Nwill not
only make the victor-y sure, but it: w\ill e Trendere.l'.Q
bloodless. AYou wtill aid us in ourt entrace, [Katflhe
fine: I shall first securte this recruiting'ofiWir
- ti lits command w\ ill then surrender: without'sri
king a b1lov. Perhaps, after all, Griffith will hear