`` 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 . We looked out , and by thunder , the old ship was gone ! I never seen a pack o ' fools look fishier ; and you may lay to that , if I tells you that looked the fishiest . ` Well , ' says the doctor , ` let 's bargain . ' We bargained , him and I , and here we are : stores , brandy , block house , the firewood you was thoughtful enough to cut , and in a manner of speaking , the whole blessed boat , from cross-trees to kelson . As for them , they 've tramped ; I do n't know where 's they are . '' He drew again quietly at his pipe .
`` And lest you should take it into that head of yours , '' he went on , `` that you was included in the treaty , here 's the last word that was XXXXX : ` How many are you , ' says I , ` to leave ? '
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