It was long ere I could close an eye , and heaven knows I had matter enough for thought in the man whom I had slain that afternoon , in my own most perilous position , and above all , in the remarkable game that I saw Silver now engaged upon -- keeping the mutineers together with one hand and grasping with the other after every means , possible and impossible , to make his peace and save his miserable life . He himself slept peacefully and snored aloud , yet my heart was sore for him , wicked as he was , to think on the dark perils that environed and the shameful gibbet that awaited him . 30 On Parole I WAS wakened -- indeed , we were all wakened , for I could see even the sentinel shake himself together from where he had fallen against the door-post -- by a clear , hearty voice hailing us from the margin of the wood : `` Block house , ahoy ! '' it cried . `` Here 's the doctor . '' And the doctor it was . Although I was glad to hear the sound , yet my gladness was not without admixture . I remembered with confusion my insubordinate and stealthy conduct , and when I saw where it had brought me -- among what companions and surrounded by what dangers -- I felt ashamed to look him in the face . He must have risen in the dark , for the day had hardly come ; and when I ran to a loophole and looked out , I saw him standing , like Silver once before , up to the mid-leg in creeping vapour . `` You , doctor ! Top o ' the morning to you , sir ! '' cried Silver , broad awake and beaming with good nature in a moment . `` Bright and early , to be sure ; and it 's the early bird , as the saying goes , that gets the rations . George , shake up your timbers , son , and help Dr. Livesey over the ship 's side . All a-doin ' well , your patients was -- all well and merry . '' So he pattered on , standing on the hilltop with his crutch under his elbow and one hand upon the side of the log-house -- quite the old John in voice , manner , and expression . `` We 've quite a surprise for you too , sir , '' he continued . `` We 've a little stranger here -- he ! he ! A noo boarder and lodger , sir , and looking fit and taut as a fiddle ; slep ' like a supercargo , he did , right alongside of John -- stem to stem we was , all night . ''
Dr. XXXXX was by this time across the stockade and pretty near the cook , and I could hear the alteration in his voice as he said , `` Not Jim ? ''
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