暗黑小说

PART II The Sea-cook02（第1页）

"perhapsyoushould，"repliedthedoctor。"myfriendshould，perhaps，havetakenyoualongwithhim;buttheslight，iftherebeone，wasunintentional。andyoudontlikemr。arrow?"

"idont，sir。ibelievehesagoodseaman，buthestoofreewiththecrewtobeagoodofficer。amateshouldkeephimselftohimself—shouldntdrinkwiththemenbeforethemast!"

"doyoumeanhedrinks?"criedthesquire。

"no，sir，"repliedthecaptain，"onlythathestoofamiliar。"

"well，now，andtheshortandlongofit，captain?"askedthedoctor。"tel露swhatyouwant。"

"well，gentlemen，areyoudeterminedtogoonthiscruise?"

"likeiron，"answeredthesquire。

"verygood，"saidthecaptain。"then，asyouveheardmeverypatiently，sayingthingsthaticouldnotprove，hearmeafewwordsre。theyareputthepowderandthearmsintheforehold。now，youhaveagoodplaceunderthecabin;whynotputthemthere?—firstpoint。then，youarebringingfourofyourownpeoplewithyou，andtheytellmesomeofthemaretobeberthedforward。whynotgivethemtheberthsherebesidethecabin?—secondpoint。"

"anyre?"askedmr。trelawney。

"onere，"saidthecaptain。"theresbeentoomuchblabbingalready。"

"fartoomuch，"agreedthedoctor。

"illtellyouwhativeheardmyself，"continuedcaptainsllett:"thatyouhaveamapofanisland，thattherescrossesonthemaptoshowwheretreasureis，andthattheislandlies—"andthenhenamedthelatitudeandlongitudeexactly。

"inevertoldthat，"criedthesquire，"toasoul!"

"thehandsknowit，sir，"returnedthecaptain。

"livesey，thatmusthavebeenyouorhawkins，"criedthesquire。

"itdoesntmuchmatterwhoitwas，"repliedthedoctor。andicouldseethatneitherhenorthecaptainpaidmuchregardtomr。trelawneysprotestations。neitherdidi，tobesure，hewassolooseatalker;yetinthiscaseibelievehewasreallyrightandthatnobodyhadtoldthesituationoftheisland。

"well，gentlemen，"continuedthecaptain，"idontknowwhohasthismap;butimakeitapoint，itshallbekeptsecretevenfrommeandmr。arrow。otherwiseiwouldaskyoutoletmeresign。"

"isee，"saidthedoctor。"youwishustokeepthismatterdarkandtomakeagarrisonofthesternpartoftheship，mannedwithmyfriendsownpeople，andprovidedwithallthearmsandpowderonboard。inotherwords，youfearamutiny。"

"sir，"saidcaptainsllett，"withnointentiontotakeoffence，idenyyourrighttoputwordsintomyuth。nocaptain，sir，wouldbejustifiedingoingtoseaatallifhehadgroundenoughtosaythat。asformr。arrow，ibelievehimthoroughlyhonest;someofthemenarethesame;allmaybeforwhatiknow。butiamresponsiblefortheshipssafetyandthelifeofeverymanjackaboardofher。iseethingsgoing，asithink，notquiteright。andiaskyoutotakecertainprecautionsorletmeresignmyberth。andthatsall。"

"captainsllett，"beganthedoctorwithasmile，"dideveryouhearthefableoftheuntainandtheuse?youllexcuseme，idaresay，butyouremindmeofthatfable。whenyoucameinhere，illstakemywig，youmeantrethanthis。"

"doctor，"saidthecaptain，"youaresmart。whenicameinhereimeanttogetdischarged。ihadnothoughtthatmr。trelawneywouldhearaword。"

"noreiwould，"criedthesquire。"hadliveseynotbeenhereishouldhaveseenyoutothedeuce。asitis，ihaveheardyou。iwilldoasyoudesire，butithinktheworseofyou。"

"thatsasyouplease，sir，"saidthecaptain。"youllfindidomyduty。

andwiththathetookhisleave。

"trelawney，"saidthedoctor，"contrarytoallmynotions，ibelievedyouhavemanagedtogettwohonestmenonboardwithyou—thatmanandjohnsilver。"

"silver，ifyoulike，"criedthesquire;"butasforthatintolerablehumbug，ideclareithinkhisconductunmanly，unsailorly，anddownrightun-english。"

"well，"saysthedoctor，"weshallsee。"

whenwecameondeck，themenhadbegunalreadytotakeoutthearmsandpowder，yo-ho-ingattheirwork，whilethecaptainandmr。arrowstoodbysuperintending。