And as for the schooner , it was I who cut her cable , and it was I that killed the men you had aboard of her , and it was I who brought her where you 'll never see her more , not one of you . The laugh 's on my side ; I 've had the top of this business from the first ; I no more fear you than I fear a fly . Kill me , if you please , or spare me . But one thing I 'll say , and no more ; if you spare me , bygones are bygones , and when you fellows are in court for piracy , I 'll save you all I can . It is for you to choose . Kill another and do yourselves no good , or spare me and keep a witness to save you from the gallows . '' I stopped , for , I tell you , I was out of breath , and to my wonder , not a man of them moved , but all sat staring at me like as many sheep . And while they were still staring , I broke out again , `` And now , Mr. Silver , '' I said , `` I believe you 're the best man here , and if things go to the worst , I 'll take it kind of you to let the doctor know the way I took it . '' `` I 'll bear it in mind , '' said Silver with an accent so curious that I could not , for the life of me , decide whether he were laughing at my request or had been favourably affected by my courage . `` I 'll put one to that , '' cried the old mahogany-faced seaman -- Morgan by name -- whom I had seen in Long John 's public-house upon the quays of Bristol . `` It was him that knowed Black Dog . '' `` Well , and see here , '' added the sea-cook . `` I 'll put another again to that , by thunder ! For it was this same boy that faked the chart from Billy Bones . First and last , we 've split upon Jim Hawkins ! '' `` Then here goes ! '' said Morgan with an oath . And he sprang up , drawing his knife as if he had been twenty . `` Avast , there ! '' cried Silver .
`` Who are you , Tom XXXXX ?
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