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Captain Smollett is ordering the sailor they thought might be loyal out of the six – Abraham Gray – to join their party. They hear the sounds of a fight below the decks, and Abraham Gray bursts out and runs over to Captain Smollett. Captain Smollett and Abraham Gray drop aboard the tiny rowboat, and they all set off for shore. Back.
Jim Hawkins joins Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey in the coastal town of Bristol to prepare for their treasure hunt. Because this novel has a lot of plot, the set-up requires a fair amount of time. And by "a fair amount of time," we mean about nine chapters. First Jim has to encounter Billy Bones, take the treasure map over Billy's dead ...
Jim nearly gets thrown off into the sea when the pole that is supposed to keep the sails open – the jib – flies out and almost hits him. Jim crawls up the bowsprit to the deck. There he sees the two pirate watchmen. One of them, the red-capped man (who we find out is named O'Brien), is lying stiff on his back.
Doctor Livesey has killed the pirate who attacked him. So, of the four pirates who directly attacked the fort, only one is still alive, and he is running for the forest having dropped his sword. Altogether, they have killed five of the pirates in this battle. Back at the fort, Hunter is still unconscious and Joyce has been shot through the head.
Long John Silver gives Jim the black spot to keep as a memento. They all go to bed, except for one guard. Jim has trouble falling asleep. He can't stop thinking about Long John Silver and the dangerous game he's playing. Free summary and analysis of Chapter 29 in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island that won't make you snore. We promise.
Ben promises to help in exchange for 1,000 British pounds of the treasure and free passage home. Ben tells Jim that he was sailing with Captain Flint when Flint buried his treasure on this island. Somehow Flint managed to murder six sailors single-handedly in order to keep the treasure's burial place secret.
The winter is bitter cold, and Jim's father is dying. One January morning, the captain is sitting at the beach with his telescope on his arm. Jim is setting the breakfast table when a pale man missing two fingers on his left hand comes in. The man sits down, orders a rum, and asks Jim about a friend of his named Bill, who has a cut on his right ...
