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

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occasion to bet prel)are(l,: the cha)lainl velnturted to
add, in a low, h- itle, aid i perhapsttl, timid vice,
The sailig~ tynaster lo oked keenly ti t oftte to
tIe( othet as triley spokI and a itet a short ptuSo
ie c(n)tinuted wit at air of great sublmiassiol~....
1 sTwas itis luck; anld I supttose it is stfilt to
e0grudt tg t a ittan his lawfi l latek Al s for l)e inpre
pared, parson., that is your butsiness t and not Mline;
t herefior>e, as there is but little ttime to spaie wh'y,
tihe sooner t you se;t about, it tite better; and to savet
unnttntecresstary troutlde, I may as,twell tell yotl not to
strive to ma1ke too much of me, for, I moust Own it
to) mly shamettt I neve took; learning kindly. If you
ea;si fit tie (it' soilit:im. fniddlinttg birthl int the oilier
wortld, lik the one I holt in this shi, itP will suit
ne as \well, andttl perhal)S b easier to all hands of
If there w'as a shade otf dis)pleasure, blclt tited wvitlh
thie sutrpr>'ise, that crosts ed the featu.res of t1le. divine at tlis ext raordinary limittation of his duties,
it. entitirely d(lisapp)eated whenI he consideredl, Inuotre'
tlosely, the perfi!ctt expression of simptfliity with
wtlich the dtrin, tniastertttered his wishes, After
a long and telancholy liase, which neither (:Ctrit1ith I no' his fl. iendl eltt. alny inctlinltation to interrupt,
the chapla in replied......
"; It is not tde )rovincep of lart to determinle (on
th ef d Iegreet -(ss oft tte merciful: dispcen3,1satitons of tlhe
l)eit y, anld niot iing that I can do M r. 3otltrop)e:
will hIve a y we igtiht in nakiAinr up the mightIty tand
ir tevocable dcmre'e. What I sa(i to xyol last night,
in otur eontv;rsation on this x ve y subject, must still
6e fieshl in your meniiory, a nd1Y tI(h1e is no) trood:eason why I should 1o0I ( a dti ifliiet lang uag e to
ytou t o tOV.
"I can't say that I 1og'd all that pass'd,"'eturned the imaster, " and that which I do recolleci.,