It was Flint who built that there stockade. Flint was afraid of nobody and nothing except Silver. - We'll go now? - I'm not going over there. You're a fine young lad, only I don't know the others. You can tell your Doctor that I've got an important proposition. He must come all alone. I'll wait here, from noon till three. Say that I put more confidence in a gentleman, than a man of fortune. Ahoy! The blockhouse! Man your posts! Captain Silver wants permission to come on board and make terms with you. Captain Silver? Don't know him. It's me, sir! All I ask is your word to let me out of here safe and sound. If you wish to speak with me, come on here. I'll take your word on that then, Captain. These poor lads elected me their Captain. Just after your desertion of the "Hispaniola", sir. Sit down and speak out. It's a mighty chill morning to sit out on the sand. - Hey, sonny! - Speak out! Always business first of all! We want that chart. And all of you want to keep living. So here's our conditions. You give us the map and don't bother us while we load that treasure. In return we take you somewhere along the coast or leave you here, dividing the provisions. I promise to send up the first ship we see to take you aboard. I trust that you all heed me. Since what is said for one is said for all. Have you finished? Now you listen to me! If you'll come up one by one with your hands up, I'll engage to clap you in irons and take you home to a fair trial to England. If you won't come... As positively as my name is Alexander Smollett, I'll see you all to the bottom of the sea. You can't find the treasure. No one of you can handle the ship. Neither are you any good at fighting. Your ship's aground, Captain Silver. These are the last good words that you're ever going to get from me. And now, get out of here, quick! Will you give me your hand? Which one of you will give me a hand up? In just one hour, those of you who are still among the living will envy those who've been killed! Who said you could desert your posts? I'm surprised at you, sir. And you, Doctor, I thought you'd worn the King's uniform. If that's how you served at Fontenoy, you might as well have stayed home. The devil! This is as dull as the doldrums. Not even a breath of wind. Gray, whistle for it. If I see anyone, am I to fire? - I told you so, didn't I? - Thank you, sir. - Did you hit anybody? - No, sir, I don't believe I did. You reload his musket, Hawkins. - Ball, sir? Or with shot? - Stop it, Jim Hawkins! They're coming, sir! Cutlasses! At them with cutlasses! Get back into cover! They've had all they want for today, I believe. At that moment, I felt I could no longer stay in the stockade. I had one idea in my head - to avenge the deaths and take the ship from the pirates. If I'd known that the doctor and Ben Gunn planned to leave the fort to Silver and go into the hills, I would not have acted so recklessly, and then things might have turned out quite differently. Doctor Livesey! Now that was a useful meeting, gentlemen. Thanks to Jim. Where is Jim? He vanished, Livesey. - Ran away, sir! - What? So it's you there, Hawkins! - Did you cut the anchor? - Yes. What do you intend to do now? - Where's O'Brien? - He weren't no proper sailor. Hawkins, you haven't the experience to handle this ship. But you'll want her up close to the beach. We might talk about that. Bind up my wounds, and I'll help you sail this ship. I ain't going to return to her old anchorage. I see what you mean. Anyway I haven't much choice. Put her more into the wind now, Captain Hawkins. Hawkins, can you bring me somethin' to eat? And maybe some brandy. Tie down her wheel and she'll keep going smooth. This here's an unlucky ship, this "Hispaniola". So many sailors've been sent back to their makers since we left Bristol. I never knew such a bad voyage! And ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст День Сурка на английском - текст Беги без оглядки на английском - текст Новичок на английском - текст Один дома 2: Затерянный в Нью-Йорке на английском - текст Андрей Рублев на английском |