摘要
帆船向金银岛出发了,可在一天夜里,吉姆在苹果桶里听到了西尔弗和一些人正在秘密策划,要在找到宝藏后举行叛乱。"什么时候!老天!"西尔弗叫道,"好吧,要是你想知道的话,现在我来告诉你要等到什么时候,要等到我设法拖到的最后一刻,这就是那个时候。这里有个一流的航海家,斯莫列特船长,为我们驾驶着这艘好运气的船。这里有这个乡绅和医生,把持着这张地图——而我不知道它在哪里.
“When!By the powers!”cried Silver.“Well now,if you want to know,I'll tell you when.The last moment|can manage,and that's when.Here's a first-rate seaman,Cap'n Smollett,sails the blessed ship for us.Here's this squire and doctor with a map and such-l don't know where it is,do I?No more do you,says you.Well then,I mean this squire and doctor shall find the stuff.and help us to get it aboard,by the powers.Then we’ll see.If I was sure of you all,sons of double Dutchmen,I’d have Cap’n Smollett navigate us halfway back again before I struck.”