`` There is no Black Dog here , '' said the doctor , `` except what you have on your own back . You have been drinking rum ; you have had a stroke , precisely as I told you ; and I have just , very much against my own will , dragged you headforemost out of the grave . Now , Mr. Bones -- '' `` That 's not my name , '' he interrupted . `` Much I care , '' returned the doctor . `` It 's the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance ; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness , and what I have to say to you is this ; one glass of rum wo n't kill you , but if you take one you 'll take another and another , and I stake my wig if you do n't break off short , you 'll die -- do you understand that ? -- die , and go to your own place , like the man in the Bible . Come , now , make an effort . I 'll help you to your bed for once . '' Between us , with much trouble , we managed to hoist him upstairs , and laid him on his bed , where his head fell back on the pillow as if he were almost fainting . `` Now , mind you , '' said the doctor , `` I clear my conscience -- the name of rum for you is death . '' And with that he went off to see my father , taking me with him by the arm . `` This is nothing , '' he said as soon as he had closed the door . `` I have drawn blood enough to keep him quiet awhile ; he should lie for a week where he is -- that is the best thing for him and you ; but another stroke would settle him . '' 3 The Black Spot ABOUT noon I stopped at the captain 's door with some cooling drinks and medicines . He was lying very much as we had left him , only a little higher , and he seemed both weak and excited . `` Jim , '' he said , `` you 're the only one here that 's worth anything , and you know I 've been always good to you . Never a month but I 've given you a silver fourpenny for yourself . And now you see , mate , I 'm pretty low , and deserted by all ; and Jim , you 'll bring me one noggin of rum , now , wo n't you , matey ? '' `` The doctor -- '' I began . But he broke in cursing the doctor , in a feeble voice but heartily .
`` Doctors is all swabs , '' he said ; `` and that doctor there , why , what do he XXXXX about seafaring men ?
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