`` I do n't say nothing as to your being in our hands , '' continued Silver , `` though there you are , and you may lay to it . I 'm all for argyment ; I never seen good come out o ' threatening . If you like the service , well , you 'll jine ; and if you do n't , Jim , why , you 're free to answer no -- free and welcome , shipmate ; and if fairer can be said by mortal seaman , shiver my sides ! '' `` Am I to answer , then ? '' I asked with a very tremulous voice . Through all this sneering talk , I was made to feel the threat of death that overhung me , and my cheeks burned and my heart beat painfully in my breast . `` Lad , '' said Silver , `` no one 's a-pressing of you . Take your bearings . None of us wo n't hurry you , mate ; time goes so pleasant in your company , you see . '' `` Well , '' says I , growing a bit bolder , `` if I 'm to choose , I declare I have a right to know what 's what , and why you 're here , and where my friends are . '' `` Wot 's wot ? '' repeated one of the buccaneers in a deep growl . `` Ah , he 'd be a lucky one as knowed that ! '' `` You 'll perhaps batten down your hatches till you 're spoke to , my friend , '' cried Silver truculently to this speaker . And then , in his first gracious tones , he replied to me , `` Yesterday morning , Mr. Hawkins , '' said he , `` in the dog-watch , down came Doctor Livesey with a flag of truce . Says he , ` Cap'n Silver , you 're sold out . Ship 's gone . ' Well , maybe we 'd been taking a glass , and a song to help it round . I wo n't say no . Leastways , none of us had looked out .
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