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“Yes, sir,” said he, “this is the spot. Who has done that, I wonder? The pirates were too ignorant.”

“Ah,” said Silver to me, “this here is a sweet spot, this island – you’ll bathe, and you’ll climb trees, and you’ll hunt goats. It’s a pleasant thing to be young and have ten toes.”

Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarter-deck⁵⁰. I was very anxious to tell them my story. Dr. Livesey called me. I said immediately, “Doctor, I have terrible news.”

The three gentlemen went below. I found them all three seated round the table, a bottle of Spanish wine and some raisins before them.

“Now, Hawkins,” said the squire, “you have something to say. Speak up.”

I began. Nobody interrupted me, but they kept their eyes upon my face.

“First point,” began Mr. Smollett. “We must go on, because we can’t turn back.”

There were only seven out of the twenty-six on whom we knew we could rely; and out of these seven one was a boy.