PART II The Sea-cook02(第6页)
"onerecheerforcapnsllett,"criedlongjohnwhenthefirsthadsubsided.
andthisalsowasgivenwithawill.
onthetopofthatthethreegentlemenwentbelow,andnotlongafter,wordwassentforwardthat激mhawkinswaswantedinthecabin.
ifoundthemallthreeseatedroundthetable,abottleofspanishwineandsomeraisinsbeforethem,andthedoctorskingaway,withhiswigonhislap,andthat,iknew,wasasignthathewasagitated.thesternwindowwasopen,foritwasawarmnight,andyoucouldseetheonshiningbehindontheshipswake.
"now,hawkins,"saidthesquire,"youhavesomethingtosay.speakup."
ididasiwasbid,andasshortasicouldmakeit,toldthewholedetailsofsilversconversation.nobodyinterruptedmetilliwasdone,nordidanyoneofthethreeofthemmakesomuchasavement,buttheykepttheireyesuponmyfacefromfirsttolast.
"激m,"saiddr.livesey,"takeaseat."
andtheymademesitdownattablebesidethem,pouredmeoutaglassofwine,filledmyhandswithraisins,andallthree,oneaftertheother,andeachwithabow,drankmygoodhealth,andtheirservicetome,formy露ckandcourage.
"now,captain,"saidthesquire,"youwereright,andiwaswrong.iownmyselfanass,andiawaityourorders."
"noreanassthani,sir,"returnedthecaptain."ineverheardofacrewthatmeanttomutinybutwhatshowedsignsbefore,ording.butthiscrew,"headded,"beatsme."
"captain,"saidthedoctor,"withyourpermission,thatssilver.averyremarkableman."
"hedlookremarkablywellfromayard-arm,sir,"returnedthecaptain."butthisistalk;thisdontleadtoanything.iseethreeorfourpoints,andwithmr.trelawneyspermission,illnamethe"
"you,sir,arethecaptain.itisforyoutospeak,"saysmr.trelawneygrandly.
"firstpoint,"beganmr.sllett."wemustgoon,becausewecantturnback.ifigavethewordtogoabout,theywouldriseatonce.secondpoint,wehavetimebeforeus—atleastuntilthistreasuresfound.thirdpoint,therearefaithfulhands.now,sir,itsgottoetoblowssoonerorlater,andwhatiproposeistotaketimebytheforelock,asthesayingis,andetoblowssomefinedaywhentheyleastexpectit.wecancount,itakeit,onyourownhomeservants,mr.trelawney?"
"asuponmyself,"declaredthesquire.
"three,"reckonedthecaptain;"ourselvesmakeseven,counhawkinshere.now,aboutthehonesthands?"
"stlikelytrelawneysownmen,"saidthedoctor;"thosehehadpickedupforhimselfbeforehelitonsilver."
"nay,"repliedthesquire."handswasoneofmine."
"ididthinkicouldhavetrustedhands,"addedthecaptain.
"andtothinkthattheyreallenglishmen!"brokeoutthesquire."sir,icouldfinditinmyhearttoblowtheshipup."
"well,gentlemen,"saidthecaptain,"thebestthaticansayisnotmuch.wemustlayto,ifyouplease,andkeepabrightlookout.itstryingonaman,iknow.itwouldbepleasantertoetoblows.buttheresnohelpforittillweknowourmen.layto,andwhistleforawind,thatsmyview."
"激mhere,"saidthedoctor,"canhelpusrethananyone.themenarenotshywithhim,and激misanoticinglad."
"hawkins,iputprodigiousfaithinyou,"addedthesquire.
ibegantofeelprettydesperateatthis,forifeltaltogetherhelpless;andyet,byanoddtrainofcircumstances,itwasindeedthroughmethatsafetycame.inthemeantime,talkaswepleased,therewereonlysevenoutofthetwenty-sixonwhomweknewwecouldrely;andoutofthesesevenonewasaboy,sothatthegrownmenonoursideweresixtotheirnieen.