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

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if it be oi Mr Ctrilth,} he stands there, tiust,with
out that ctlU t:i of seamn.iti.
(riiflth, hezarinw, thimseli' thus 1ame(d, ppo)a(lmhdl:ch laadies, anti, for the first time since leav. in tlhe
Ahf)ev addressed them' -" I hope I am ltready
undetl stood," he said, atnd that it is unneeessMary
lor met to say, that-:~ no female here is a pr)iso0ner,
though sholtld aly chootse to trust themselves on
b)oard our sbhip' I pledlge to theft.hie honourl of anl
officerf-, tt't: ththey shahlt find tbhemfselves proteeted(l
"'l'hten will I not, go," saiit Alice.
I It is not eSxpeted of you," said Cecilia;
~'you have to ties to bind you to zany htert.". —-.
(The1 eyes of Alice were wstill %wanderilng over the
listeners.) " o;, tl n, Miss Alice, nd -be the
mistr;esas of)fi St:. Ruthtt) untllil my retlurn; or,'' sel
addedl, timidly, " unti (olonel t:Iow ard may eelate his pf)lea5strIe.i
": obey you, dear child; tt the agent of C-(o
lonel Howard, at I.-.., w0wrill undouttcdl.y be atUtholizedl to talke charge of his effects.")
Whle no one u t his niece Ialluded to )his will,
the. master of the Ab)ey htad fotundl inlhis resents.
ment, a suffitclient apologwy fbr his rigid demeanour;,tut he,Iwas far too Nwell bred to bear, in silewnce,
tht0 a mllodest: apeal to his wishes,ht. from So fitir,
And so loyal a suiiject tas Alice I.)tlnscoml be.
" to Irelieve you,, tnada l foR r no other4 trea-:
son, witll:I spelak on this suhject," he said; " otl:th..
wise, I should leave the (doors and windows of St.
Ruth open, as. a melanceholy tailolon t of rebelt
liont and, seek my future compensation i om the
Crown,> whiden wthe confaiseated estates of the leaders:of::t is:actIcursed intnovation on tlhe righlts of
princes sh-all:come to thle hammer But yow,
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