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           We’reallhumblygratefulforyourkindness,andasyousee,putsfaithinyouandtakesthedrugsdownlikethatmuchgrog.AndItakeitI’vefoundawayas’llsuitall.Hawkins,willyougivemeyourwordofhonourasayounggentlemanforayounggentlemanyouare,althoughpoorbornyourwordofhonournottoslipyourcable?"

           Ireadilygavethepledgerequired.

           "Then,doctor,"saidSilver,"youjuststepoutsideo’thatstockade,andonceyou’rethereI’llbringtheboydownontheinside,andIreckonyoucanyarnthroughthespars.Gooddaytoyou,sir,andallourdootiestothesquireandCap’nSmollett."

           Theexplosionofdisapproval,whichnothingbutSilver’sblacklookshadrestrained,brokeoutimmediatelythedoctorhadleftthehouse.Silverwasroundlyaccusedofplayingdoubleoftryingtomakeaseparatepeaceforhimself,ofsacrificingtheinterestsofhisaccomplicesandvictims,and,inoneword,oftheidentical,exactthingthathewasdoing.Itseemedtomesoobvious,inthiscase,thatIcouldnotimaginehowhewastoturntheiranger.Buthewastwicethemantherestwere,andhislastnight’svictoryhadgivenhimahugepreponderanceontheirminds.Hecalledthemallthefoolsanddoltsyoucanimagine,saiditwasnecessaryIshouldtalktothedoctor,flutteredthechartintheirfaces,askedthemiftheycouldaffordtobreakthetreatytheverydaytheywerebounda-treasure-hunting.

           "No,bythunder!"hecried."It’susmustbreakthetreatywhenthetimecomes;andtillthenI’llgammonthatdoctor,ifIhavetoilehisbootswithbrandy."

           Andthenhebadethemgetthefirelit,andstalkedoutuponhiscrutch,withhishandonmyshoulder,leavingtheminadisarray,andsilencedbyhisvolubilityratherthanconvinced.

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