Kitabı oku: «Остров сокровищ / Treasure Island. Уровень 1», sayfa 3
2. Black Dog Appears and Disappears
It happened one January morning. The captain rose earlier than usual. He went to the beach with a brass telescope.
My mother was upstairs with father. I was laying the breakfast-table. Suddenly the door opened and a man came in. He was pale and thin and had only three fingers on his left hand.
“Come here, son,” he said. “Come closer. Is this table here for my friend Bill?”
I said I didn’t know his friend Bill and that the table was for the captain.
“Well,” he said, “it’s my friend Bill. Let’s hide behind the door and surprise him.”
He put me behind him in the corner. We began to wait for the captain. At last, he arrived and went across the room.
“Bill,” said the stranger.
The captain turned round. He looked frightened.
“Come, Bill, you know me; you know an old friend,” said the stranger.
“Black Dog!” said the captain.
“And who else! Black dog is here to see his old friend Billy, the Admiral Benbow Inn. We’ll sit down and talk like old friends.”
When I returned with the rum, they were already sitting. Black Dog asked me to go out and leave the door open. I left them there and returned to the bar.
For a long time I certainlydid my best to listen7. But I could hear nothing. Then I heard the sound of knives and a cry of pain. The next moment I saw Black Dog. He was injured. He was running very fast. The captain ran after him and threw his knife at Black Dog. Then Black Dog disappeared.
