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. Livesey 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 ? '' `` The very same Jim as ever was , '' says Silver . The doctor stopped outright , although he did not speak , and it was some seconds before he seemed able to move on . `` Well , well , '' he said at last , `` duty first and pleasure afterwards , as you might have said yourself , Silver . Let us overhaul these patients of yours . '' A moment afterwards he had entered the block house and with one grim nod to me proceeded with his work among the sick . He seemed under no apprehension , though he must have known that his life , among these treacherous demons , depended on a hair ; and he rattled on to his patients as if he were paying an ordinary professional visit in a quiet English family . His manner , I suppose , reacted on the men , for they behaved to him as if nothing had occurred , as if he were still ship 's doctor and they still faithful hands before the mast . `` You 're doing well , my friend , '' he said to the fellow with the bandaged head , `` and if ever any person had a close shave , it was you ; your head must be as hard as iron . Well , George , how goes it ? You 're a pretty colour , certainly ; why , your liver , man , is upside down . Did you take that medicine ? Did he take that medicine , men ? '' `` Aye , aye , sir , he took it , sure enough , '' returned Morgan .
`` Because , you see , since I am mutineers ' doctor , or prison doctor as I prefer to call it , '' says Doctor Livesey in his pleasantest way , `` I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King XXXXX -LRB- God bless him ! -RRB-
English George Jim John Morgan a-doin first hilltop night supercargo