PART VI Captain Silver03（第1页）

"aye，aye，"saidsilver;"likeenough;youwouldntlooktofindabishophere，ireckon.butwhatsortofawayisthatforbonestolie?taintinnatur."

indeed，onasecondglance，itseemedimpossibletofancythatthebodywasinanaturalposition.butforsomedisarray（thework，perhaps，ofthebirdsthathadfeduponhiroftheslow-growingcreeperthathadgraduallyenvelopedhisremains）themanlayperfectlystraight—hisfeetpoininonedirection，hishands，raisedabovehisheadlikeadivers，poindirectlyintheopposite.

"ivetakenanotionintomyoldnumbskull，"observedsilver."heresthepass;theresthetip-toppintoskeletonisland，stickinoutlikeatooth.justtakeabearing，willyou，alongthelineofthembones."

itwasdone.thebodypointedstraightinthedirectionoftheisland，andthepassreadduly.

e.s.e.andbye.

"ithoughtso，"criedthecook;"thishereisapinter.rightupthereisourlineforthepolestarandthejollydollars.but，byt混der!ifitdontmakemecoldinsidetothinkofflint.thisisoneofhisjokes，andnomistake.himandthesesixwasalonehere;hekilledem，everyman;andthisonehehauledhereandlaiddownbypass，shivermytimbers!theyrelongbones，andthehairsbeenyellow.aye，thatwouldbeallardyce.youmindallardyce，tomrgan?"

"aye，aye，"returnedrgan;"imindhim;heowedmeney，hedid，andtookmyknifeashorewithhi"

"speakingofknives，"saidanother，"whydontwefindhisnlyinground?flintwarntthemantopickaseamanspocket;andthebirds，iguess，wouldleaveitbe."

"bythepowers，andthatstrue!"criedsilver.

"thereaintathinglefthere，"saidmerry，stillfeelingroundangthebones;"ybox.itdontlooknatraltome."

"no，bygum，itdont，"agreedsilver;"notnatral，nornotnice，saysyou.greatguns!messmates，butifflintwasliving，thiswouldbeahotspotforyouandme.sixtheywere，andsixarewe;andbonesiswhattheyarenow."

"isawhimdeadwiththeseheredeadlights，"saidrgan."billytookmein.therehelaid，withpennypiecesonhiseyes."

"dead—aye，sureenoughhesdeadandgonebelow，"saidthefellowwiththebandage;"butifeversperritwalked，itwouldbeflints.dearheart，buthediedbad，didflint!"

"aye，thathedid，"observedanother;"nowheraged，andnowheholleredfortherum，andnowhesang.fifteenmenwerehisonlysong，mates;anditellyoutrue，ineverrightlylikedtohearitsince.itwasmainhot，andthewindywasopen，andihearthatoldsonginoutasclearasclear—andthedeath-haulonthemanalready."

"e，e，"saidsilver;"stowthistalk.hesdead，andhedontwalk，thatiknow;leastways，hewontwalkbyday，andyoumaylaytothat.carekilledacat.fetchaheadforthedoubloons."

westarted，certainly;butinspiteofthehotsunandthestaringdaylight，thepiratesnolongerranseparateandshouthroughthewood，butkeptsidebysideandspokewithbatedbreath.aneerhadfallenontheirspirits.

chapter32thetreasure-混t—thevoiceangthetrees

artlyfromthedampinginf露enceofthisalarm，partlytorestsilverandthesickfolk，thewholepartysatdownassoonastheyhadgainedthebrowoftheascent.

theplateaubeingsomewhattiltedtowardsthewest，thisspotonwhichwehadpausedmandedawideprospectoneitherhand.beforeus，overthetree-tops，webeheldthecapeofthewoodsfringedwithsurf;behind，wenotonlylookeddownupontheanchorageandskeletonisland，butsaw—clearacrossthespitandtheeasternlowlands—agreatfieldofopenseaupontheeast.sheeraboveusrosethespyglass，heredottedwithsinglepines，thereblackwithprecipices.therewasnosoundbutthatofthedistantbreakers，unfromallround，andthechirpofcountlessinsectsinthebrush.notaman，notasail，uponthesea;theverylargenessoftheviewincreasedthesenseofsolitude.

silver，ashesat，tookcertainbearingswithhispass.

"therearethreetalltrees"saidhe，"aboutintherightlinefromskeletonisland.spy-glassshoulder，itakeit，meansthatlowerpintthere.itschildsplaytofindthestuffnow.ivehalfamindtodinefirst.

"idontfeelsharp，"growledrgan."thinkinoflint—ithinkitwere—asdoneme."

"ah，well，myson，youpraiseyourstarshesdead，"saidsilver.

"hewereanuglydevil，"criedathirdpiratewithashudder;"thatb露einthefacetoo!"

"thatwashowtherumtookhim，"addedmerry."b露e!well，ireckonhewasb露e.thatsatrueword."

eversincetheyhadfoundtheskeletonandgotuponthistrainofthought，theyhadspokenlowerandlower，andtheyhadalstgottowhisperingbynow，sothatthesoundoftheirtalkhardlyinterruptedthesilenceofthewood.allofasudden，outofthemiddleofthetreesinfrontofus，athin，high，tremblingvoicestruckupthewell-knownairandwords:

"fifteenmenonthedeadmanschest—

yo-ho-ho，andabottleofrum!"

ineverhaveseenmenredreadfullyaffectedthanthepirates.thecolourwentfromtheirsixfaceslikeenchantment;someleapedtotheirfeet，someclawedholdofothers;rgangrovelledontheground.