Остров сокровищ / Treasure Island

I don’t like treasure voyages at all, and I don’t like them, when they are secret and when (begging your pardon, Mr. Trelawney) the secret has been told to the parrot.”

“Silver’s parrot?” asked the squire.

“It’s a way of speaking [38 - way of speaking – поговорка],” said the captain.

“That is all clear, and true enough,” replied Dr. Livesey. “We take the risk, but we are not so ignorant as you think. Next, you say you don’t like the crew. Are they not good seamen?”

“I don’t like them, sir,” returned Captain Smollett.

“Well, now, tell us what you want, captain,” asked the doctor.

“They are putting the powder and the arms in the fore hold [39 - They are putting the powder and the arms in the fore hold. – Порох и оружие складывают в носовой части судна (в носовой части судна помещались матросы).],” said the captain. “Now, you have a good place under the cabin; why not put them there? I’ll tell you what I’ve heard myself,” continued Captain Smollett, “that you have a map of an island, that there’re crosses on the map to show where treasure is, and that the island lies —” And then he named the latitude and longitude exactly.

“I never told that,” cried the squire, “to a soul! Livesey, that must be you or Hawkins!”

“Well, gentlemen,” continued the captain, “I don’t know who has this map; but I think, it needs to be kept secret.

I am responsible for the ship’s safety and the life of every man. And that’s all.”

10.В The Voyage

The Hispaniola has begun its voyage to the Isle of Treasure. I am not going to relate that voyage in detail. It was prosperous. The ship proved to be a good ship, the crew were capable seamen, and the captain understood his business. As for Long John Silver, the men called him Barbecue [40 - Barbecue – Окорок].

“He’s no common man [41 - He’s no common man.

 – Он не простой человек.], Barbecue,” said the coxswain [42 - coxswain – второй боцман] to me. “He can speak like a book; and brave – like a lion!”

All the crew respected and even obeyed him. To me he was very kind, and always glad to see me.

“Come away, Hawkins,” he would say. “Nobody is more welcome than yourself, my son. Sit down and hear the news.