He must have drunk a gill before he took the bottle from his mouth . `` Aye , '' said he , `` by thunder , but I wanted some o ' that ! '' I had sat down already in my own corner and begun to eat . `` Much hurt ? '' I asked him . He grunted , or rather , I might say , he barked . `` If that doctor was aboard , '' he said , `` I 'd be right enough in a couple of turns , but I do n't have no manner of luck , you see , and that 's what 's the matter with me . As for that swab , he 's good and dead , he is , '' he added , indicating the man with the red cap . `` He war n't no seaman anyhow . And where mought you have come from ? '' `` Well , '' said I , `` I 've come aboard to take possession of this ship , Mr. Hands ; and you 'll please regard me as your captain until further notice . '' He looked at me sourly enough but said nothing . Some of the colour had come back into his cheeks , though he still looked very sick and still continued to slip out and settle down as the ship banged about . `` By the by , '' I continued , `` I ca n't have these colours , Mr. Hands ; and by your leave , I 'll strike 'em . Better none than these . '' And again dodging the boom , I ran to the colour lines , handed down their cursed black flag , and chucked it overboard . `` God save the king ! '' said I , waving my cap . `` And there 's an end to Captain Silver ! '' He watched me keenly and slyly , his chin all the while on his breast .
`` I reckon , '' he XXXXX at last , `` I reckon , Cap'n Hawkins , you 'll kind of want to get ashore now .
asked chucked come continued dodging grunted indicating ran said strike