PART II The Sea-cook（第3页）

"dog，sir，"saidi."hasmr.aneers?hewasoneofthe"

"so?"criedsilver."inmyhouse!ben，runandhelpharry.oneofthoseswabs，washe?wasthatyoudrinkingwithhim，rgan?stepuphere."

themanwhomhecalledrgan—anold，greyhaired，mahogany-facedsailor—cameforwardprettysheepishly，rollinghisquid.

"now，rgan，"saidlongjohnverysternly，"youneverclappedyoureyesonthatblack—blackdogbefore，didyou，now?"

"noti，sir，"saidrganwithasa露te.

"youdidntknowhisname，didyou?"

"no，sir."

"bythepowers，tomrgan，itsasgoodforyou!"exclaimedthelandlord."ifyouhadbeenmixedupwiththelikeofthat，youwouldneverhaveputanotherfootinmyhouse，youmaylaytothat.andwhatwashesayingtoyou?"

"idontrightlyknow，sir，"answeredrgan.

"doyoucallthataheadonyourshoulders，orablesseddead-eye?"criedlongjohn."dontrightlyknow，dontyou!perhapsyoudonthappentorightlyknowwhoyouwasspeakingto，perhaps?e，now，whatwashejawing—vyages，capns，ships?pipeup!whatwasit?"

"wewasa-talkinofkeel-hauling，"answeredrgan.

"keel-hauling，wasyou?andamightysuitablething，too，andyoumaylaytothat.getbacktoyourplacefora露bber，to"

andthen，asrganrolledbacktohisseat，silveraddedtomeinaconfidentialwhisperthatwasveryflattering，asithought，"hesquiteanhonestman，tomrgan，onystupid.andnow，"heranonagain，aloud，"letssee—blackdog?no，idontknowthename，noti.yetikindofthinkive—yes，iveseentheswab.ar，heused."

"thathedid，youmaybesure，"saidi."iknewthatblindmantoo.hisnamewaspew."

"itwas!"criedsilver，nowquiteexcited."pew!thatwerehisnameforcertain.ah，helookedashark，hedid!ifwerundownthisblackdog，now，therellbenewsforcapntrelawney!bensagoodrunner;fewseamenrunbetterthanben.heshouldrunhimdown，handoverhand，bythepowers!hetalkedokeelhauling，didhe?illkeel-haulhim!"

allthetimehewasjerkingoutthesephraseshewasstumpingupanddownthetavernonhiscrutch，slappingtableswithhishand，andgivingsuchashowofexcitementaswouldhaveconvincedanoldbaileyjudgeorabowstreetrunner.mysuspicionshadbeenthoroughlyreawakenedonfindingblackdogatthespy-glass，andiwatchedthecooknarrowly.buthewastoodeep，andtooready，andtoocleverforme，andbythetimethetwomenhadebackoutofbreathandconfessedthattheyhadlostthetrackinacrowd，andbeenscoldedlikethieves，iwouldhavegonebailfortheinnocenceoflongjohnsilver.

"seehere，now，hawkins，"saidhe，"heresablessedhardthingonamanlikeme，now，aintit?therescapntrelawney—whatshetothink?hereihavethisconfoundedsonofadutchmansitinmyownhousedrinkingofmyownrum!hereyouesandtellsmeofitplain;andhereilethimgiveusalltheslipbeforemyblesseddeadlights!now，hawkins，youdomejusticewiththecapn.yourealad，youare，butyoureassmartaspaint.iseethatwhenyoufirstein.now，hereitis:whatcouldido，withthisoldtimberihobbleon?wheniwasanabmastermarineridhaveeupalongsideofhim，handoverhand，andbroachedhimtoinabraceofoldshakes，iwould;butnow—"

andthen，allofasudden，hestopped，andhisjawdroppedasthoughhehadrememberedsomething.

"thescore!"heburstout."threegoesorum!why，shivermytimbers，ifihadntforgottenmyscore!"

andfallingonabench，helaugheduntilthetearsrandownhischeeks.icouldnothelpjoining，andwelaughedtogether，pealafterpeal，untilthetavernrangagain.

"why，whatapreciousoldsea-calfiam!"hesaidatlast，wipinghischeeks."youandmeshouldgetonwell，hawkins，forilltakemydavyishouldberatedshipsboy.butenow，standbytogoabout.thiswontdo.dootyisdooty，messmates.illputonmyoldcockerelhat，andstepalongofyoutocapntrelawney，andreportthishereaffair.formindyou，itsserious，younghawkins;andneitheryounormeseoutofitwithwhatishouldmakesoboldastocallcredit.noryouneither，saysyou;notsmart—noneofthepairofussmart.butdashmybuttons!thatwasagoodunaboutmyscore."

andhebegantolaughagain，andthatsoheartily，thatthoughididnotseethejokeashedid，iwasagainobligedtojoinhiminhismirth.

onourlittlewalkalongthequays，hemadehimselfthestinterespanion，tellingmeaboutthedifferentshipsthatwepassedby，theirrig，tonnage，andnationality，explainingtheworkthatwasgoingforward—howonewasdischarging，anothertakingincargo，andathirdmakingreadyforsea—andeverynowandthentellingmesomelittleanecdoteofshipsorseamenorrepeaanauticalphrasetillihadlearneditperfectly.ibegantoseethatherewasoneofthebestofpossibleshipmates.

whenwegottotheinn，thesquireanddr.liveseywereseatedtogether，finishingaquartofalewithatoastinit，beforetheyshouldgoaboardtheschooneronavisitofinspection.

longjohntoldthestoryfromfirsttolast，withagreatdealofspiritandthestperfecttruth."thatwashowitwere，now，werentit，hawkins?"hewouldsay，nowandagain，andicouldalwaysbearhimentirelyout.

thetwogentlemenregrettedthatblackdoghadgotaway，butweallagreedtherewasnothingtobedone，andafterhehadbeenplimented，longjohntookuphiscrutchanddeparted.

"allhandsaboardbyfourthisafternoon，"shoutedthesquireafterhi

"aye，aye，sir，"criedthecook，inthepassage.