` Well , ' says the doctor , ` let 's bargain . ' We bargained , him and I , and here we are : stores , brandy , block house , the firewood you was thoughtful enough to cut , and in a manner of speaking , the whole blessed boat , from cross-trees to kelson . As for them , they 've tramped ; I do n't know where 's they are . '' He drew again quietly at his pipe . `` And lest you should take it into that head of yours , '' he went on , `` that you was included in the treaty , here 's the last word that was said : ` How many are you , ' says I , ` to leave ? ' ` Four , ' says he ; ` four , and one of us wounded . As for that boy , I do n't know where he is , confound him , ' says he , ` nor I do n't much care . We 're about sick of him . ' These was his words . `` Is that all ? '' I asked . `` Well , it 's all that you 're to hear , my son , '' returned Silver . `` And now I am to choose ? '' `` And now you are to choose , and you may lay to that , '' said Silver . `` Well , '' said I , `` I am not such a fool but I know pretty well what I have to look for . Let the worst come to the worst , it 's little I care . I 've seen too many die since I fell in with you . But there 's a thing or two I have to tell you , '' I said , and by this time I was quite excited ; `` and the first is this : here you are , in a bad way -- ship lost , treasure lost , men lost , your whole business gone to wreck ; and if you want to know who did it -- it was I ! I was in the apple barrel the night we sighted land , and I heard you , John , and you , Dick Johnson , and Hands , who is now at the bottom of the sea , and told every word you said before the hour was out . 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 XXXXX ; I no more fear you than I fear a fly .
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