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

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was o tly interruptedl, at t i1esW by a hollow bellow
itogo, as a larg(tr wt ave thabn ustlal br. 1-oe violentllv
titagainlt soniJ c (cavity inr the v troc ks.'l;Exvir tht ingi tl
shlort, unitted to render the scente gloomy and potrtentous, without creating instant terrort lor thie
ship1 rose easily on the long billows, with}out eveCn
straighltening t\he heavy cable thtat held her to lher'tttt hitghe.0r officers were cot ectcttd around t}II e
cpalstai, eng.aged ill n tearnest discourse:about tfeir
situation and pirospects, while solme of ttec oldest
and mt1tost fti)'voured seamen would extend their
short w\alk to ti(e hallowed prl cincts otf ibt!u q(ltrtterdelck to catcht with gtccdt csv et. tlt e O })inict(.S
t}ltt ftet i'tiom theni' superiors. Ntuitl mb:erlctss \Iw4 c' e
i.le uneasy t\t g:lanees tihat Awere tlrowntl firo)tm both of't
fieers iand menu at thceir con.mmlant(ter aInd the pitot
w ho still (ol 01tinied t}eir secret )commuli-on itn a
fdistatnt part of' thie vessel. t)nee, an ullnv-'ble})1.tttrfiosiyt), or the heedlesstiess of }tis years, led otle
of tIIhe youtht ul mtidshitpmlen neart them, but a stern
rebuttle from his captain sent the boy, abashed an(d
cowering,, to Itide his mortitication amtong his i'tllows.' t' This reprimand wvas received by tlhe elder
{ofiitcert'asa s tan intimation tlhat the constltation which
they' beheld wrNas to be st.rictly invi(late; atnd,
thoughi it. by no meattts sulp)tressed the rcpl(ated expressiotts o te' otheirn impait:ece, it effectually tntevented ant interiruption to the communicationts.
whichl at!, however, thoutt were ni re asonably
protiraectet for the occasion.
"'lJ'hiis is no time to be talking o-.ve'r bearigt's
and (li stga,-".Ies," o bserved (the offit:clC nextI int t franlk
to (:-ri'flit{h;' tbut we shotuld callt th}e landns up), and
try to kct{ge her'off while thie sea w\,ill stlf'lir a boat
to li ve."
I l.would b1) a tediots a }nd bootless fo) to at'