In three seconds nothing remained of the attacking party but the five who had fallen , four on the inside and one on the outside of the palisade . The doctor and Gray and I ran full speed for shelter . The survivors would soon be back where they had left their muskets , and at any moment the fire might recommence . The house was by this time somewhat cleared of smoke , and we saw at a glance the price we had paid for victory . Hunter lay beside his loophole , stunned ; Joyce by his , shot through the head , never to move again ; while right in the centre , the squire was supporting the captain , one as pale as the other . `` The captain 's wounded , '' said Mr. Trelawney . `` Have they run ? '' asked Mr. Smollett . `` All that could , you may be bound , '' returned the doctor ; `` but there 's five of them will never run again . '' `` Five ! '' cried the captain . `` Come , that 's better . Five against three leaves us four to nine . That 's better odds than we had at starting . We were seven to nineteen then , or thought we were , and that 's as bad to bear . '' * * The mutineers were soon only eight in number , for the man shot by Mr. Trelawney on board the schooner died that same evening of his wound . But this was , of course , not known till after by the faithful party . PART FIVE -- My Sea Adventure 22 How My Sea Adventure Began THERE was no return of the mutineers -- not so much as another shot out of the woods . They had `` got their rations for that day , '' as the captain put it , and we had the place to ourselves and a quiet time to overhaul the wounded and get dinner . Squire and I cooked outside in spite of the danger , and even outside we could hardly tell what we were at , for horror of the loud groans that reached us from the doctor 's patients .
Out of the eight men who had fallen in the action , only three still breathed -- that one of the pirates who had been shot at the loophole , Hunter , and Captain Smollett ; and of these , the first two were as good as dead ; the mutineer indeed died under the doctor 's knife , and XXXXX , do what we could , never recovered consciousness in this world .
Began Gray Hunter Smollett Squire evening fire left mutineers palisade