[00:00.46] Chapter 31, The Treasure Hunt.
[00:03.39] Jim, said Silver when we were alone.
[00:07.89] I heard the doctor begging you to make a run for it, and I heard you say no, plain as day.
[00:14.95] Jim, I saved your life, and now you saved mine.
[00:19.10] I won't forget it.
[00:22.97] And now we to go in for treasure hunting.
[00:26.76] You and me must stick close together, Jim.
[00:34.40] During breakfast, Silver kept talking all the time.
[00:39.45] I mates, he said, It's lucky you've got long John to think for you.
[00:46.77] They have the ship right enough.
[00:49.86] Where they hid it, I don't know yet.
[00:53.08] But once we've got the treasure, we'll have to look lively and find it.
[01:00.60] In this way he kept the men's spirits up.
[01:03.87] I myself was too anxious to feel hungry.
[01:07.78] I still didn't know whether to trust Silver.
[01:12.78] Whose side was he on?
[01:15.28] It was certain that if the pirates knew the game he was playing, they'd kill him and me on the spot.
[01:22.40] Added to that, why had the doctor given Silver the treasure map?
[01:29.43] And what had he meant about expecting trouble?
[01:33.37] These questions went round and round my head.
[01:38.44] Everyone but me was armed to the teeth.
[01:42.79] Silver carried two muskets, as well as a cutlass and pistols in his pockets.
[01:49.25] He had a rope tied round my waist and led me along like a dancing bear.
[01:56.64] We went down to the beach and paddled the boats up the river towards Spyglass Hill.
[02:02.65] Flint's map told us to look for a tall tree on Spyglass shoulder.
[02:09.30] When we reached the brow of the hill, we could see a dozen tall trees above us.
[02:15.45] The men spread out to search, running and leaping excitedly.
[02:22.89] Suddenly, there was a terrified cry from one of them.
[02:28.53] We hurried to the spot.
[02:30.60] Lying under a big pine tree was a human skeleton.
[02:36.77] The grim sight struck a chill to every heart.
[02:42.98] What sort of way is that for bones to lie?" said George Mary.
[02:47.70] "It ain't natural.
[02:55.31] The skeleton lay perfectly straight, with its hands raised above its head like a diver.
[03:04.49] There's our compass, said Silver.
[03:08.73] This here's a pointer, showing us the way to go.
[03:14.06] By thunder, it turns my blood cold to think of Flint.
[03:20.27] This is one of his jokes and no mistake.
[03:24.64] He came ashore with six men and killed every one of them.
[03:29.94] Then he hold these bones up here and laid them down to point the way.
[03:37.77] He gave a shudder.
[03:40.15] It's lucky Flint ain't living.
[03:43.92] There were six of them and there's six of us now.
[03:50.71] I saw Flint dead myself, said Morgan.
[03:55.79] They buried him with penny pieces on his eyes.
[04:04.16] Dead sure enough, said another.
[04:08.45] But if ever a ghost walked, it would be Flint.
[04:17.93] Come, come, said Silver.
[04:20.56] He's dead and he won't walk.
[04:23.46] Let's on and find the treasure.
[04:30.82] We went on, but all the eagerness had gone out of the pirates.
[04:36.52] Now they talked in low voices and kept close together.