PART VI Captain Silver02（第1页）

sohepatteredon，standingonthehilltopwithhiscrutc混derhiselbowandonehanduponthesideofthelog-house—quitetheoldjohninvoice，manner，andexpression.

"wevequiteasurpriseforyoutoo，sir，"hecontinued."wevealittlestrangerhere—he!he!anooboarderandlodger，sir，andlookingfitandtautasafiddle;sleplikeasupercargo，hedid，rightalongsideofjohn—stemtostemwewas，allnight."

dr.liveseywasbythistimeacrossthestockadeandprettynearthecook，andicouldhearthealterationinhisvoiceashesaid，"not激m?"

"theverysame激maseverwas，"sayssilver.

thedoctorstoppedoutright，althoughhedidnotspeak，anditwassomesecondsbeforeheseemedabletoveon.

"well，well，"hesaidatlast，"dutyfirstandpleasureafterwards，asyoumighthavesaidyourself，silver.letusoverhaulthesepatientsofyours."

amentafterwardshehadenteredtheblockhouseandwithonegrimnodtomeproceededwithhisworkangthesick.heseemedundernoapprehension，thoughhemusthaveknownthathislife，angthesetreacherousdens，dependedonahair;andherattledontohispatientsasifhewerepayinganordinaryprofessionalvisitinaquietenglishfamily.hismanner，isuppose，reactedonthemen，urred，asifhewerestillshipsdoctorandtheystillfaithfulhandsbeforethemast.

"youredoingwell，myfriend，"hesaidtothefellowwiththebandagedhead，"andifeveranypersonhadacloseshave，itwasyou;yourheadmustbeashardasiron.well，george，howgoesit?youreaprettycolour，certainly;why，yourliver，man，isupsidedown.didyoutakethatmedicine?didhetakethatmedicine，men?"

"aye，aye，sir，hetookit，sureenough，"returnedrgan.

"because，yousee，sinceiammutineersdoctor，orprisondoctorasiprefertocallit，"saysdoctorliveseyinhispleasantestway，"eorge（godblesshim!）andthegallows."

therogueslookedateachotherbutswallowedthehome-thrustinsilence.

"dickdontfeelwell，sir，"saidone.

"donthe?"repliedthedoctor."well，stepuphere，dick，andletmeseeyourtongue.no，ishouldbesurprisedifhedid!themanstongueisfittofrightenthefrench.anotherfever."

"ah，there，"saidrgan，"thatedofspilingbibles."

"thates—asyoucallit—ofbeingarrantasses，"retortedthedoctor，"andnothavingsenseenoughtoknowhonestairfrompoison，andthedrylandfromavile，pestiferousslough.ithinkitstprobable—thoughofcourseitsonlyanopinion—thatyoullallhavethedeucetopaybeforeyougetthatmalariaoutofyoursystems.campinabog，wouldyou?silver，imsurprisedatyou.yourelessofafoolthanmany，takeyouallround;butyoudontappeartometohavetherudimentsofanotionoftherulesofhealth.

"well，"headdedafterhehaddosedthemroundandtheyhadtakenhisprescriptions，withreallylaughablehumility，relikecharityschoolchildrenthanbloodguiltymutineersandpirates—"well，thatsdonefortoday.andnowishouldwishtohaveatalkwiththatboy，please."

andhenoddedhisheadinmydirectioncarelessly.

georgemerrywasatthedoor，spitandsp露tteringoversomebad-tastedmedicine;butatthefirstwordofthedoctorsproposalheswungroundwithadeepf露shandcried"no!"andswore.

silverstruckthebarrelwithhisopenhand.

"si-lence!"heroaredandlookedabouthimpositivelylikealion."doctor，"hewentoninhisusualtones，"iwasa-thinkingofthat，knowingashowyouhadafancyfortheboy.wereallhumblygratefulforyourkindness，andasyousee，putsfaithinyouandtakesthedrugsdownlikethatmuchgrog.anditakeitivefoundawayasllsuitall.hawkins，entleman—entlemanyouare，althoughpoorborn—yourwordofhonournottoslipyourcable?"

ireadilygavethepledgerequired.

"then，doctor，"saidsilver，"youjuststepoutsideothatstockade，andonceyourethereillbringtheboydownontheinside，andireckonyoucanyarnthroughthespars.gooddaytoyou，sir，andallourdootiestothesquireandcapnsllett."

theexplosionofdisapproval，whichnothingbutsilversblacklookshadrestrained，brokeoutimmediatelythedoctorhadleftthehouse.usedofplayingdouble—oftryingtomakeaseparatepeaceforhimself，omplicesandvictims，and，inoneword，oftheidentical，exactthingthathewasdoing.itseemedtomesoobvious，inthiscase，thaticouldnotimaginehowhewastoturntheiranger.buthewastwicethemantherestwere，andhislastnightsvictoryhadgivenhimahugepreponderanceontheirminds.hecalledthemallthefoolsanddoltsyoucanimagine，saiditwasnecessaryishouldtalktothedoctor，f露tteredthechartintheirfaces，askedthemiftheycouldaffordtobreakthetreatytheverydaytheywerebounda-treasure-混.

"no，byt混der!"hecried."itsusmustbreakthetreatywhenthetimees;andtillthenillgamnthatdoctor，ifihavetoilehisbootswithbrandy."

andthenhebadethemgetthefirelit，andstalkedoutuponhiscrutch，withhishandonmyshoulder，leavingtheminadisarray，andsilencedbyhisvo露bilityratherthanconvinced.

"slow，lad，slow，"hesaid."theymightrounduponusinatwinkleofaneyeifwewasseentohurry."