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The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
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- Ah,' said he, 'so you would.' And he seemed very much relieved.
- Another pause, and then, not a quarter of a mile in front of me, I beheld the Union Jack flutter in the air above a wood.
- I had not gone a hundred yards when I reached the stockade.
- By good fortune Hunter pulled a good oar. We made the water fly; and the boat was soon alongside, and I aboard the schooner.
- And the head popped back again; and we heard no more, for the time, of these six very faint-hearted seamen.
- The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly. All the same, we were afraid to breathe.
- Look astern, doctor,' replied the captain.
- Who's the best shot?' asked the captain.
- But it was plain that they meant nothing should delay their shot. They had never so much as looked at their fallen comrade, though he was not dead, and I could see him trying to crawl away.
- After reloading, we walked down the outside of the palisade to see the fallen enemy. He was stone dead — shot through the heart.
- The squire dropped down beside him on his knees and kissed his hand, crying like a child.
- At the second trial, the aim was better, and the ball descended inside the stockade, scattering a cloud of sand, but doing no further damage.
- Then I skirted among the woods until I had regained the rear, or shoreward side, of the stockade, and was soon warmly welcomed by the faithful party.
- From time to time the doctor came to the door for a little air and to rest his eyes, which were almost smoked out of his head; and whenever he did so, he had a word for me.
- First ship that ever I lost,' said Captain Smollett.
- Long John answered for himself.
- This little whiff of temper seemed to cool Silver down. He had been growing nettled before, but now he pulled himself together.
- Not a man among us moved. Growling the foulest imprecations, he crawled along the sand till he got hold of the porch and could hoist himself again upon his crutch. Then he spat into the spring.
- The doctor's watch were all back at their loopholes, the rest were busy loading the spare muskets, and every one with a red face, you may be certain, and a flea in his ear, as the saying is.
- The iron fire-basket was carried bodily out by Mr. Trelawney, and the embers smothered among sand.
- And just at that moment came the first news of the attack.
- Did you hit your man?' asked the captain.
- The head of Job Anderson, the boatswain, appeared at the middle loophole.
- Have they run?' asked Mr. Smollett.
- My own accidental cut across the knuckles was a flea-bite. Dr. Livesey patched it up with plaster, and pulled my ears for me into the bargain.
- The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder-horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
- Soon after the jolly-boat shoved off and pulled for shore, and the man with the red cap and his comrade went below by the cabin companion.
- At last the breeze came; the schooner sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.
- The endless ballad had come to an end at last, and the whole diminished company about the camp fire had broken into the chorus I had heard so often: —
- There was a great, smooth swell upon the sea. The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken.
- Clumsy fellows,' said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' And I thought how Captain Smollett would have set them skipping.
- For the last little while I had even lost; but now, redoubling my efforts, I began once more to overhaul the chase.
- This had nearly tossed me off into the sea; and now I lost no time, crawled back along the bowsprit, and tumbled head foremost on the deck.
- At the same time, I observed around both of them, splashes of dark blood upon the planks, and began to feel sure that they had killed each other in their drunken wrath.
- Why, yes,' says I, 'with all my heart, Mr. Hands. Say on.' And I went back to my meal with a good appetite.
- I'm not strong enough, and I don't like the job; and there he lies, for me,' said I.
- For the life of me, I could not think what it might be.
- And one of the men left the log-house, and presently returned with a lighted brand.
- Silver took a whiff or two of his pipe with great composure, and then ran on again.
- And now you are to choose, and you may lay to that,' said Silver.
- He drew some cognac from the cask into a tin cannikin.
- But here the long man with the yellow eyes struck in.
- Silver paused, and I could see by the faces of George and his late comrades that these words had not been said in vain.
- It'll do to kiss the book on still, won't it?' growled Dick, who was evidently uneasy at the curse he had brought upon himself.
- The doctor stopped outright, although he did not speak, and it was some seconds before he seemed able to move on.
- I readily gave the pledge required.
- Why, John, you're not afraid?' asked Dr. Livesey.
- Rapidly I described to him my adventures, and he heard me out in silence.
- Silver's face was radiant. 'You couldn't say more, I'm sure, sir, not if you was my mother,' he cried.
- Thus he kept running on, with his mouth full of the hot bacon: thus he restored their hope and confidence, and, I more than suspect, repaired his own at the same time.
As for the scheme I had in my head, it was not a bad one in itself. I was to go down the sandy spit that divides the anchorage on the east from the open sea, find the white rock I had observed last evening, and ascertain whether it was there or not that Ben Gunn had hidden his boat; a thing quite worth doing, as I still believe. But as I was certain I should not be allowed to leave the enclosure, my only plan was to take French leave, and slip out when nobody was watching; and that was so bad a way of doing it as made the thing itself wrong. But I was only a boy, and I had made my mind up.
1. Well, as things at last fell out (как вещи, наконец, выпали = все сложилось так), I found an admirable opportunity (/что/ я обрел замечательный удобный случай /для бегства/). The squire and Gray were busy helping the captain with his bandages (сквайр и Грей были заняты тем, что помогали капитану с его бинтами = делали капитану перевязку); the coast was clear (берег был безлюден: «ясен»); I made a bolt for it over the stockade and into the thickest of the trees (я быстро перелез через частокол и бросился в самую гущу леса; to make a bolt for — броситься, помчаться; thick — гуща, центр, сосредоточение /чего-л./; bolt — стрела, /особенно/ арбалетная стрела; бегство), and before my absence was observed I was out of cry of my companions (и прежде чем мое отсутствие было замечено, я был вне /пределов слышимости/ криков моих товарищей).
2. This was my second folly (это было моим вторым глупым поступком/безумством), far worse than the first (намного хуже, чем первый), as I left but two sound men to guard the house (потому что я оставил только двух здоровых человек охранять дом); but like the first, it was a help towards saving all of us (но как и первый, он помог спасти всех нас).
3. I took my way straight for the east coast of the island (я направился: «взял путь» прямо к восточному берегу острова), for I was determined to go down the sea side of the spit (так как я намеревался спуститься к морскому берегу косы) to avoid all chance of observation from the anchorage (чтобы избежать всякого риска быть замеченным со стоянки). It was already late in the afternoon (уже было поздно днем = день клонился к вечеру), although still warm and sunny (хотя и /было/ еще тепло и солнечно). As I continued to thread the tall woods (пробираясь: «когда я продолжал пробираться» между высокими деревьями; to thread — продевать /нить/, пробираться, пронизывать) I could hear from far before me not only the continuous thunder of the surf (я мог слышать далеко впереди меня не только беспрерывный грохот прибоя), but a certain tossing of foliage and grinding of boughs (но и постоянное качание = шум листвы и треск веток; to grind — перемалывать, скрежетать) which showed me the sea breeze had set in higher than usual (что показывало, что морской бриз сильнее, чем обычно; to set in — начинаться, устанавливаться, дуть). Soon cool draughts of air began to reach me (вскоре холодные потоки воздуха начали доходить до меня; draught — тяга, сквозняк); and a few steps farther I came forth into the open borders of the grove (и через несколько шагов я вышел на открытые границы = опушку рощи; to come forth — выступить, показаться), and saw the sea lying blue and sunny to the horizon (и увидел простиравшееся до горизонта голубое и солнечное море), and the surf tumbling and tossing its foam along the beach (и как прибой швырял и кидал свою пену = разбивался в пену о берег; along — вдоль, по).
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Well, as things at last fell out, I found an admirable opportunity. The squire and Gray were busy helping the captain with his bandages; the coast was clear; I made a bolt for it over the stockade and into the thickest of the trees, and before my absence was observed I was out of cry of my companions.
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