And yet I done your bidding with my eyes shut and never a word of hope ! But no , this here 's too much . If you wo n't tell me what you mean plain out , just say so and I 'll leave the helm . '' `` No , '' said the doctor musingly ; `` I 've no right to say more ; it 's not my secret , you see , Silver , or , I give you my word , I 'd tell it you . But I 'll go as far with you as I dare go , and a step beyond , for I 'll have my wig sorted by the captain or I 'm mistaken ! And first , I 'll give you a bit of hope ; Silver , if we both get alive out of this wolf-trap , I 'll do my best to save you , short of perjury . '' Silver 's face was radiant . `` You could n't say more , I 'm sure , sir , not if you was my mother , '' he cried . `` Well , that 's my first concession , '' added the doctor . `` My second is a piece of advice : keep the boy close beside you , and when you need help , halloo . I 'm off to seek it for you , and that itself will show you if I speak at random . Good-bye , Jim . '' And Dr. Livesey shook hands with me through the stockade , nodded to Silver , and set off at a brisk pace into the wood . 31 The Treasure-hunt -- Flint 's Pointer `` JIM , '' said Silver when we were alone , `` if I saved your life , you saved mine ; and I 'll not forget it . I seen the doctor waving you to run for it -- with the tail of my eye , I did ; and I seen you say no , as plain as hearing . Jim , that 's one to you . This is the first glint of hope I had since the attack failed , and I owe it you . And now , Jim , we 're to go in for this here treasure-hunting , with sealed orders too , and I do n't like it ; and you and me must stick close , back to back like , and we 'll save our necks in spite o ' fate and fortune . '' Just then a man hailed us from the fire that breakfast was ready , and we were soon seated here and there about the sand over biscuit and fried junk . They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox , and it was now grown so hot that they could only approach it from the windward , and even there not without precaution .
In the same wasteful spirit , they had cooked , I suppose , three times more than we could eat ; and one of them , with an empty laugh , threw what was left into the XXXXX , which blazed and roared again over this unusual fuel .
Flint Jim Livesey Silver attack fire first second windward wolf-trap