`` Aye , aye , sir , '' cried the cook , in the passage . `` Well , squire , '' said Dr. Livesey , `` I do n't put much faith in your discoveries , as a general thing ; but I will say this , John Silver suits me . '' `` The man 's a perfect trump , '' declared the squire . `` And now , '' added the doctor , `` Jim may come on board with us , may he not ? '' `` To be sure he may , '' says squire . `` Take your hat , Hawkins , and we 'll see the ship . '' 9 Powder and Arms THE HISPANIOLA lay some way out , and we went under the figureheads and round the sterns of many other ships , and their cables sometimes grated underneath our keel , and sometimes swung above us . At last , however , we got alongside , and were met and saluted as we stepped aboard by the mate , Mr. Arrow , a brown old sailor with earrings in his ears and a squint . He and the squire were very thick and friendly , but I soon observed that things were not the same between Mr. Trelawney and the captain . This last was a sharp-looking man who seemed angry with everything on board and was soon to tell us why , for we had hardly got down into the cabin when a sailor followed us . `` Captain Smollett , sir , axing to speak with you , '' said he . `` I am always at the captain 's orders . Show him in , '' said the squire . The captain , who was close behind his messenger , entered at once and shut the door behind him . `` Well , Captain Smollett , what have you to say ? All well , I hope ; all shipshape and seaworthy ? '' `` Well , sir , '' said the captain , `` better speak plain , I believe , even at the risk of offence . I do n't like this cruise ; I do n't like the men ; and I do n't like my officer . That 's short and sweet . '' `` Perhaps , sir , you do n't like the ship ? ''
inquired the squire , very angry , as I could XXXXX .
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