Part 4, Chapter 16: Silver’s Embassy

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌⁠XVI Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned

It was about half past one—three bells in the sea phrase—that the two boats went ashore from the HISPANIOLA. The captain, the squire, and I were talking matters over in the cabin. Had there been a breath of wind, we should have fallen on the six mutineers who were left aboard with us, slipped our cable, and away to sea. But the wind