Accordingly , it was pretty gruffly that the doctor answered him . `` Drunk or raving , '' said he . `` Right you were , sir , '' replied Silver ; `` and precious little odds which , to you and me . '' `` I suppose you would hardly ask me to call you a humane man , '' returned the doctor with a sneer , `` and so my feelings may surprise you , Master Silver . But if I were sure they were raving -- as I am morally certain one , at least , of them is down with fever -- I should leave this camp , and at whatever risk to my own carcass , take them the assistance of my skill . '' `` Ask your pardon , sir , you would be very wrong , '' quoth Silver . `` You would lose your precious life , and you may lay to that . I 'm on your side now , hand and glove ; and I should n't wish for to see the party weakened , let alone yourself , seeing as I know what I owes you . But these men down there , they could n't keep their word -- no , not supposing they wished to ; and what 's more , they could n't believe as you could . '' `` No , '' said the doctor . `` You 're the man to keep your word , we know that . '' Well , that was about the last news we had of the three pirates . Only once we heard a gunshot a great way off and supposed them to be hunting . A council was held , and it was decided that we must desert them on the island -- to the huge glee , I must say , of Ben Gunn , and with the strong approval of Gray . We left a good stock of powder and shot , the bulk of the salt goat , a few medicines , and some other necessaries , tools , clothing , a spare sail , a fathom or two of rope , and by the particular desire of the doctor , a handsome present of tobacco . That was about our last doing on the island . Before that , we had got the treasure stowed and had shipped enough water and the remainder of the goat meat in case of any distress ; and at last , one fine morning , we weighed anchor , which was about all that we could manage , and stood out of North Inlet , the same colours flying that the captain had flown and fought under at the palisade . The three fellows must have been watching us closer than we thought for , as we soon had proved . For coming through the narrows , we had to lie very near the southern point , and there we saw all three of them kneeling together on a spit of sand , with their arms raised in supplication . It went to all our hearts , I think , to leave them in that wretched state ; but we could not risk another mutiny ; and to take them home for the gibbet would have been a cruel sort of kindness .
The doctor hailed them and told them of the stores we had XXXXX , and where they were to find them .
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