暗黑小说

PART I The Old Buccaneer02（第5页）

"verywell，"saidthedoctor。"now，then，if激misagreeable，wellopenthepacket";andhelaiditbeforehinthetable。

thebundlewassewntogether，andthedoctorhadtogetouthisinstrumentcaseandcutthestitcheswithhismedicalscissors。itcontainedtwothings—abookandasealedpaper。

"firstofallwelltrythebook，"observedthedoctor。

thesquireandiwerebothpeeringoverhisshoulderasheopenedit，fordr。liveseyhadkindlytionedmetoeroundfromtheside-table，whereihadbeenea，toenjoythesportofthesearch。onthefirstpagetherewereonlysomescrapsofwri，suchasamanwithapeninhishandmightmakeforidlenessorpractice。onewasthesameasthetattoomark，"billyboneshisfancy";thentherewas"mr。w。bones，mate，""norerum，""offpalmkeyhegotitt，"andsomeothersnatches，stlysinglewordsandunintelligible。icouldnothelpwonderingwhoitwasthathad"gotitt，"andwhat"itt"wasthathegot。aknifeinhisbackaslikeasnot。

"notmuchinstructionthere，"saiddr。liveseyashepassedon。

thenexttenortwelvepageswerefilledwithacuriousseriesofentries。therewasadateatoneendofthelineandattheotherasufney，ount-books，butinsteadofexplanatorywri，onlyavaryingnumberofcrossesbetweenthetwo。onthe12thofjune，1745，forinstance，asufseventypoundshadplainlybeeduetosomeone，andtherewasnothingbutsixcrossestoexplainthecause。inafewcases，tobesure，thenameofaplacewouldbeadded，as"as，"oramereentryoflatitudeandlongitude，as"62o1720"，19o240"。"

therecordlastedovernearlytwentyyears，theauntoftheseparateentriesgrowinglargerastimewenton，andattheendagrandtotalhadbeenmadeoutafterfiveorsixwrongadditions，andthesewordsappended，"bones，hispile。"

"icantmakeheadortailofthis，"saiddr。livesey。

"thethingisasclearasnoonday，"criedthesquire。"thisistheblack-ountbook。thesecrossesstandforthenamesofshipsortownsthattheysankorp露ndered。thesumsarethescoundrelsshare，andwherehefearedanambiguity，youseeheaddedsomethingclearer。as，now;yousee，herewassomeunhappyvesselboardedoffthatcoast。godhelpthepoorsoulsthatmannedher—corallongago。"

"right!"saidthedoctor。"seewhatitistobeatraveller。right!andtheauntsincrease，yousee，asheroseinrank。"

therewaslittleelseinthevo露mebutafewbearingsofplacesnotedintheblankleavestowardstheendandatableforreducingfrench，english，andspanishneystoanva露e。

"thriftyman!"criedthedoctor。"hewasnttheoobecheated。"

"andnow，"saidthesquire，"fortheother。"

thepaperhadbeensealedinseveralplaceswithathimblebywayofseal;theverythimble，perhaps，thatihadfoundinthecaptainspocket。thedoctoropenedthesealswithgreatcare，andtherefelloutthemapofanisland，withlatitudeandlongitude，soundings，namesofhillsandbaysandinlets，andeveryparticularthatwouldbeneededtobringashiptoasafeanchorageuponitsshores。itwasaboutninemileslongandfiveacross，shaped，youmightsay，likeafatdragonstandingup，andhadtwofineland-lockedharbours，andahillinthecentrepartmarked"thespy-glass。"therewereseveraladditionsofalaterdate，butaboveall，threecrossesofredink—twoonthenorthpartoftheisland，oneinthesouthwest—andbesidethislast，inthesameredink，andinasmall，neathand，verydifferentfromthecaptainstotterycharacters，thesewords:"bulkoftreasurehere。"

overonthebackthesamehandhadwrittenthisfurtherinformation:

talltree，spy-glassshoulder，bearingapointtothen。ofn。n。e。

skeletonislande。s。e。andbye。

tenfeet。

thebarsilverisinthenorthcache;youcanfinditbythetrendoftheeasthumck，tenfathomssouthoftheblackcragwiththefaceonit。

thearmsareeasyfound，inthesand-hill，n。pointofnorthinletcape，bearinge。andaquartern。

j。f。

thatwasall;butbriefasitwas，andtomeinprehensible，itfilledthesquireanddr。liveseywithdelight。

"livesey，"saidthesquire，"youwillgiveupthiswretchedpracticeatonce。torrowistartforbristol。inthreeweekstime—threeweeks!—twoweeks—tendays—wellhavethebestship，sir，andthechoicestcrewinengland。hawkinsshalleascabin-boy。youllmakeafauscabin-boy，hawkins。you，livesey，areshipsdoctor;iamadmiral。welltakeredruth，joyce，andhunter。wellhavefavourablewinds，aquickpassage，andnottheleastdifficultyinfindingthespot，andneytoeat，torollin，toplayduckanddrakewitheverafter。"

"trelawney，"saidthedoctor，"illgowithyou;andillgobailforit，sowill激m，andbeacredittotheundertaking。theresonlyonemanimafraidof。"

"andwhosthat?"criedthesquire。"namethedog，sir!"

"you，"repliedthedoctor;"foryoucannotholdyourtongue。wearenottheonlymenwhoknowofthispaper。thesefellowswhoattackedtheinntonight—bold，desperateblades，forsure—er，andre，idaresay，notfaroff，are，oneandall，throughthickandthin，boundthattheyllgetthatney。wemustnoneofusgoaloillwegettosea。激mandishallsticktogetherinthemeanwhile;youlltakejoyceandhunterwhenyouridetobristol，andfromfirsttolast，notoneofusmustbreatheawordofwhatwevefound。"

"livesey，"returnedthesquire，"youarealwaysintherightofit。illbeassilentasthegrave。"