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

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As the d(isclos0re of these plans was frequently
teritet;tupted by little tdigressilown, conllected( with tthe.pec uliar e(lotions of the lovers, more than an hour
flew by) betbre they sepa;t.ated. But Katherine at
lengt remindt d him how swiftly the tite was
passin, altd how Imuch remained to be done, when
hie reluctantly Iconsented to see her once ntore ei-v
ter thle wicket, where they parted.
Miss Plowden aIdopted the srame preecaution in
rettrning to the house she had used ont leavintgt it;
antd sl was conS gratulating. hersel1'f on its success,
whten her eye aulght a glimlnpse of tile ifhture of a
tan, who was apparently followingt at some little
distance, in her fbotsteps, and doggingt her mo' tions,
As the obscure ftrm, howfever, tiaused also wh)en
shle stopped to give it alt alarmted, though inquiring
look, and then slowly retired towards the boundary of the paddock, Katherine bei-eving it to be
ttarnstable w'xatching over Iir safety, entered tile
Abbey, with every idea of alarm oentirely lost inI
the pleasin rieflection of her lover's solicitude.