“This bears some resemblance, Mr.[Mr.] Wilmeter, to an interview
in a convent. I am the novice, you the excluded friend, who is
compelled to pay his visit through a grate.”
Ways of the Hour. Page 115.

THE

WAYS OF THE HOUR.

A TALE.

BY

J. FENIMORE COOPER.

‘Is this the way

I must return to native dust?’

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,