1 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,202 Sure enough, two men stood outside the stockade. 2 00:00:15,203 --> 00:00:20,549 One waved a white cloth, and the other, waiting calmly, was Long John. 3 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:24,645 It was still quite early in the morning and bone-chillingly cold; 4 00:00:24,646 --> 00:00:29,134 Long John and his companion stood knee-deep in a low, white fog. 5 00:00:29,135 --> 00:00:34,349 The island seemed damp and feverish, a most unhealthy place. 6 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:38,059 "Keep indoors with your muskets, men," said Captain Smollett. 7 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:45,049 "It may be a trick." Then the captain yelled to the pirates, "Who goes there? Speak or we'll fire!" 8 00:00:45,050 --> 00:00:48,865 "Flag of truce," Silver cried. 9 00:00:48,866 --> 00:00:54,996 The other man shouted, "Captain Silver is here, sir, to make peace." 10 00:00:54,997 --> 00:00:58,712 "Captain Silver? Who's he?" roared Smollett. 11 00:00:58,713 --> 00:01:03,852 Then he added to himself, "Captain, is it? He's given himself a promotion!" 12 00:01:03,853 --> 00:01:07,550 "It's me, sir," Long John called out. 13 00:01:07,551 --> 00:01:14,740 "These lads chose me to be their captain, after you deserted your crew, sir." 14 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:18,235 He emphasized the word "deserted." 15 00:01:18,236 --> 00:01:23,319 "We want to discuss our differences with you," Silver went on. 16 00:01:23,320 --> 00:01:29,401 "All I ask, Captain Smollett, is your word that I'll be safe inside this stockade, 17 00:01:29,402 --> 00:01:35,043 and that you'll give me one minute to get out of range before a gun is fired." 18 00:01:35,044 --> 00:01:38,150 "If you wish to talk to me, you can come in," Smollett said. 19 00:01:38,151 --> 00:01:43,820 "I give you my word that if there's any treachery, it'll be from you, not me." 20 00:01:43,821 --> 00:01:50,445 "That's good enough, Captain," Long John said cheerily. "Your word is enough." 21 00:01:50,446 --> 00:01:55,495 Silver walked to the stockade, threw his crutch over, got a leg up from his companion, 22 00:01:55,496 --> 00:02:00,899 and with great vigor and skill, climbed over the fence and dropped safely to the other side. 23 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:04,202 He had trouble getting up the hill, however. 24 00:02:04,203 --> 00:02:09,596 The tree stumps and the soft sand made him and his crutch as helpless as a ship out of water. 25 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:18,181 But he stuck to it and arrived, dressed in his best blue coat with a fine laced hat on his head, at last before the captain. 26 00:02:18,182 --> 00:02:24,236 I was so fascinated by the meeting that I left my place at the musket hole and stood behind the captain. 27 00:02:24,237 --> 00:02:28,385 "Have a seat," said Captain Smollett, motioning to the sandy ground. 28 00:02:28,386 --> 00:02:35,282 "Can't we go inside, Captain?" pleaded Long John. "It's too cold to sit outside." 29 00:02:35,283 --> 00:02:37,560 "It's your own doing," the captain said. 30 00:02:37,561 --> 00:02:42,800 "If you had stayed an honest man, you'd be warming yourself in the ship's galley as my cook. 31 00:02:42,801 --> 00:02:49,771 But you are Captain Silver now, a common mutineer and pirate, so you can go hang!" 32 00:02:49,772 --> 00:02:56,060 "Well, you'll have to help me up again, that's all," said Silver as he sat down on the sand. 33 00:02:56,061 --> 00:03:02,519 "If you have anything to say, you'd better say it," the captain replied, sitting down across from him. 34 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:09,014 "Well now, that was quite a fight last night, Captain Smollett," Silver replied. 35 00:03:09,015 --> 00:03:12,906 "I don't deny it. That's why I'm here to make peace. 36 00:03:12,907 --> 00:03:18,372 You thrashed my men pretty good—even killed one of us. 37 00:03:18,373 --> 00:03:22,871 But hear me, Captain—you won't catch us twice, by thunder! 38 00:03:22,872 --> 00:03:26,568 Maybe you think we were all drunk. 39 00:03:26,569 --> 00:03:31,240 But I wasn't—I was sober, just very tired. 40 00:03:31,241 --> 00:03:36,759 If I'd awakened a second sooner, I'd have pounded you." 41 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,835 "Well?" Smollett said coolly. 42 00:03:39,836 --> 00:03:45,503 Captain Smollett didn't know what Silver was talking about, but you'd never have guessed it from his tone. 43 00:03:45,504 --> 00:03:49,817 I had a good inkling, though, as to what Long John was describing. 44 00:03:49,818 --> 00:03:55,452 Ben Gunn must have sneaked up on the pirates while they all lay drunk on the beach around their fire. 45 00:03:55,453 --> 00:04:01,499 I smiled and thought, "Now we have one less pirate to deal with, thanks to my new friend." 46 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:08,453 "We want that treasure, and we will have it!" exclaimed Silver. "You have the map, don't you?" 47 00:04:08,454 --> 00:04:11,156 "Maybe," the captain replied. 48 00:04:11,157 --> 00:04:14,937 "Oh, you have it. I know that," said Long John. 49 00:04:14,938 --> 00:04:19,519 "We just want the map. I never meant to do you any harm—" 50 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:24,696 "We know what you meant to do," Captain Smollett interrupted. 51 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:31,707 "Give us the treasure map," demanded Silver, "and stop shooting my men and smashing their heads in while they sleep. 52 00:04:31,708 --> 00:04:38,485 Once we have the treasure, I promise to drop you ashore somewhere safe. Or you can stay here. 53 00:04:38,486 --> 00:04:48,630 We'll evenly divide the provisions we have, and I promise to send the first ship I see to pick you up. You couldn't get a better deal." 54 00:04:48,631 --> 00:04:52,881 Captain Smollett rose. "Is that all?" he said. 55 00:04:52,882 --> 00:04:59,773 "Refuse my offer," Silver answered, "and all you'll see from me is musket fire." 56 00:04:59,774 --> 00:05:04,075 "Very good," the captain said. "Here's my counteroffer. 57 00:05:04,076 --> 00:05:12,161 You all come here one by one, unarmed. I'll put you in chains and take you to England for a fair trial. 58 00:05:12,162 --> 00:05:16,233 Refuse my offer, and I'll see you all at the bottom of the sea. 59 00:05:16,234 --> 00:05:23,895 You can't find the treasure. You can't sail the ship—not a man among you knows how to navigate that ship. 60 00:05:23,896 --> 00:05:27,829 You can't fight us—Gray, there, got away from five of you. 61 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:33,275 Your ship is useless, Mr. Silver, because it's anchored on a windless shore. 62 00:05:33,276 --> 00:05:38,628 And in the name of heaven, I'll put a bullet in your back when I meet you again. Now go. 63 00:05:38,629 --> 00:05:42,609 Get out of here, and make it quick." 64 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:47,806 Silver's eyes bulged with wrath. "Help me up!" he shouted. 65 00:05:47,807 --> 00:05:50,830 "No," the captain calmly replied. 66 00:05:50,831 --> 00:05:54,647 "Who'll give me a hand up?" he roared. 67 00:05:54,648 --> 00:06:04,128 Not one of us moved. Growling foul curses, Long John crawled along the sand to the porch and hoisted himself up on his crutch. 68 00:06:04,129 --> 00:06:07,874 Then he spat into the spring. 69 00:06:07,875 --> 00:06:11,087 "That's what I think of you," he cried. 70 00:06:11,088 --> 00:06:17,876 "I'll smash this house like a cask of rum. Laugh, by thunder, laugh! 71 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:22,590 Those of you that die will be the lucky ones." 72 00:06:22,591 --> 00:06:27,907 He stumbled off, cursing, and then tried four or five times to get over the stockade fence. 73 00:06:27,908 --> 00:06:36,483 The man with the flag of truce finally helped him, and they disappeared among the trees.