Kitabı oku: «Остров сокровищ / Treasure Island. Уровень 1», sayfa 2
He was angry only once. One afternoonDr. Livesey4 came to see my father when he was ill. The captain was drunk. He was sitting with his arms crossed. Suddenly he began to sing a song:
“Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest —
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest —
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!5”
The doctor was talking to the gardener. The captain shouted, “Silence, there, between decks!6”
“Were you addressing me, sir?” asked the doctor.
“Yes,” answered the captain.
“I have only one thing to say to you,” continued the doctor, “if you keep drinking rum, you’ll die.”
The captain was furious. He sprang to his feetwith a sailor’s knife in his hand.
The doctor didn’t move.
“If you do not put that knife in your pocket, you’ll die on the gallows,” he said.
The captain put the knife in his pocket. Then he went back to his seat, like a beaten dog.
“Remember, sir,” continued the doctor, “I’m not a doctor only, I’m a magistrate.”
Soon after, the doctor left. The captain was silent that evening and for many evenings after.
