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“That is all clear, and true enough,” replied Dr. Livesey. “We take the risk, but we are not as ignorant as you think. Next, you say you don’t like the crew. Are they not good seamen?”
“I don’t like them, sir,” repeated Captain Smollett.
“Well, now, tell us what you want, captain,” asked the doctor.
“They put the powder and the arms in the fore hold32,” said the captain. “Now, you have a good place under the cabin; why not put them there? I’ll tell you what I heard myself,” continued Captain Smollett, “you have a map of an island, there are crosses on the map to show where the treasure is, and the island lies —” And then he named the latitude and longitude exactly.
“I never told that,” cried the squire, “to a soul! Livesey, that must be you or Hawkins!”
“Well, gentlemen,” continued the captain, “I don’t know who has this map; but I think it needs to be in secret. I am responsible for the ship’s safety and the life of every man. And that’s all.”
