`` Thank you , my man , '' says Captain Smollett . `` I 'll ask you later on to give us a help . You may go . '' I was surprised at the coolness with which John avowed his knowledge of the island , and I own I was half-frightened when I saw him drawing nearer to myself . He did not know , to be sure , that I had overheard his council from the apple barrel , and yet I had by this time taken such a horror of his cruelty , duplicity , and power that I could scarce conceal a shudder when he laid his hand upon my arm . `` Ah , '' says he , `` this here is a sweet spot , this island -- a sweet spot for a lad to get ashore on . You 'll bathe , and you 'll climb trees , and you 'll hunt goats , you will ; and you 'll get aloft on them hills like a goat yourself . Why , it makes me young again . I was going to forget my timber leg , I was . It 's a pleasant thing to be young and have ten toes , and you may lay to that . When you want to go a bit of exploring , you just ask old John , and he 'll put up a snack for you to take along . '' And clapping me in the friendliest way upon the shoulder , he hobbled off forward and went below . Captain Smollett , the squire , and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarter-deck , and anxious as I was to tell them my story , I durst not interrupt them openly . While I was still casting about in my thoughts to find some probable excuse , Dr. Livesey called me to his side . He had left his pipe below , and being a slave to tobacco , had meant that I should fetch it ; but as soon as I was near enough to speak and not to be overheard , I broke immediately , `` Doctor , let me speak . Get the captain and squire down to the cabin , and then make some pretence to send for me . I have terrible news . '' The doctor changed countenance a little , but next moment he was master of himself . `` Thank you , Jim , '' said he quite loudly , `` that was all I wanted to know , '' as if he had asked me a question . And with that he turned on his heel and rejoined the other two .
They spoke together for a little , and though none of them started , or raised his voice , or so much as whistled , it was plain enough that Dr. XXXXX had communicated my request , for the next thing that I heard was the captain giving an order to Job Anderson , and all hands were piped on deck .
Doctor Jim John Livesey Smollett duplicity goats left quarter-deck tobacco