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

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"(We are to have a night of friecdl AMiss Howv
ard; fi'eedom io, a to nyo; to Andrew.. AMler
r', t'o Grifiithl and to his companion!",
"What trecdom more than we n-ow etnjoy, Ka*
th0erine, is needed( by two young women'fthinhl
tou I can remain silentt antl see my luncle betrayed
tbe.tore imty eyes? his life perlhap)s enldangered!"
"( Your own life and perso wilt l not be heldt
uoret sactredl)Ceelia Iitowtardt thlan tthat of your
rncle,. If Youl Nul. cowll(emln (In ifithth to a lj'isol,
and perllaps to a gibbet, betray al:arnstable, as you
t4have threatened-t...an opuortunity will not be wvantit at thle ttsu)pper tiabtle'whitther I shall lead the
way, since thel mistresss of tile touse appeatrs to forget lher duty.)
Katherine arlose, and with a firm step andl proud
eye0 she: moved <along thte gallery to tihe 00room1
whlere theitlr p resen ce was expected by the rest of
thle fitni|ly. Ceccilla foltlowed in silence), and tthe
\vwhiole pnarty imnmediately took thteir scverat i plac-es
at tihe board.
I lte first fw mllinutes were lassed inI thle usuta
alttentiotns of the "gentlemen to tile ladies, and the
ordinary civilities of the tablet; during wlhicht, Ka
tltheine had so far regaitned thIe tequaninity of i1er
fe.elings. as to commence a watchfiutl scrutiny of th}e
mianners antd looks of her guardian antd B.iotroulghclifl~e), iln which lesh l detertnined to peIsevem'e unt1il
be event til hour w}tten she xwxas to expect Barn.
stable should arrive. CJolonet l \toward htad, howOve, 0so t i gsot tIhe commtainl of himsetf, as no
lotnger to betiray his ftlrmer )abstraction. In its
place Katterine falcietd, at momlents, ttat slte
cotld discover a settled took of contscious seetritty, mtigled a little wsith an expression of severe
determination; such as, in 1l1ef earliemr days, she
had learned to ldread as sure indications of ttle'in
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