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           Thesightofsomanygood-humouredfaces(especiallytheblacks),thetasteofthetropicalfruits,andaboveallthelightsthatbegantoshineinthetownmadeamostcharmingcontrasttoourdarkandbloodysojournontheisland;andthedoctorandthesquire,takingmealongwiththem,wentashoretopasstheearlypartofthenight.HeretheymetthecaptainofanEnglishman-of-war,fellintalkwithhim,wentonboardhisship,and,inshort,hadsoagreeableatimethatdaywasbreakingwhenwecamealongsidetheHispaniola.

           BenGunnwasondeckalone,andassoonaswecameonboardhebegan,withwonderfulcontortions,tomakeusaconfession.Silverwasgone.Themaroonhadconnivedathisescapeinashoreboatsomehoursago,andhenowassuredushehadonlydonesotopreserveourlives,whichwouldcertainlyhavebeenforfeitif"thatmanwiththeoneleghadstayedaboard."Butthiswasnotall.Thesea-cookhadnotgoneempty-handed.Hehadcutthroughabulkheadunobservedandhadremovedoneofthesacksofcoin,worthperhapsthreeorfourhundredguineas,tohelphimonhisfurtherwanderings.

           Ithinkwewereallpleasedtobesocheaplyquitofhim.

           Well,tomakealongstoryshort,wegotafewhandsonboard,madeagoodcruisehome,andtheHispaniolareachedBristoljustasMr.Blandlywasbeginningtothinkoffittingoutherconsort.Fivemenonlyofthosewhohadsailedreturnedwithher."Drinkandthedevilhaddonefortherest,"withavengeance,although,tobesure,wewerenotquiteinsobadacaseasthatothershiptheysangabout:

           Withonemanofhercrewalive,

           Whatputtoseawithseventy-five.

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