[00:00.02] Chapter 4.
[00:01.54] The sea chest.
[00:06.27] It didn't take long to tell my mother what I knew.
[00:10.33] We both realized that we were in great danger.
[00:14.79] At any hour, the captain's desperate shipmates might arrive at our door.
[00:21.34] We were owed some of his money, but men like Black Dog wouldn't care much about that.
[00:29.72] We ran to the village to get help.
[00:33.17] But our neighbors were all too terrified to help us try and defend the inn.
[00:41.26] The mention of Captain Flint's name filled them with terror.
[00:48.06] One lad offered to ride to Dr. Livesey's, but that was all the help we got.
[00:57.47] My mother spoke angrily.
[01:02.43] Back we go then, Jim," she said.
[01:06.79] "If these chicken-hearted men won't help us, we'll go alone.
[01:13.83] We'll open the captain's chest and have the money he owes us, not a penny more or less.
[01:24.94] Back at the inn, I bolted the door.
[01:29.11] The captain was where we'd left him, lying on the floor with eyes wide open.
[01:36.50] Close to his hand was a round piece of paper blackened on one side.
[01:42.88] On the other side were the words, you have till 10 tonight.
[01:52.36] Draw the blinds, Jim," said my mother, "and help me find the key to that chest.
[02:01.52] We searched his pockets, but only found a few coins, some tobacco, and a pocket compass.
[02:13.20] Perhaps it's round his neck," said my mother.
[02:18.57] Biting my lip, I tore open his shirt.
[02:23.82] Sure enough, there was the key, tied to a piece of string.
[02:32.36] We hurried upstairs to the captain's room.
[02:37.76] My mother knelt over the old seaman's chest and turned the key in the lock.
[02:45.99] From inside came a strong smell of tobacco.
[02:51.47] At the very bottom, we found a bundle tied up in oil cloth and a bag that jingled with coins.
[03:06.40] Counting the coins was a slow business, but my mother insisted we take only what we were owed.
[03:16.24] We were halfway through when I heard a sound that made my heart stop.
[03:24.54] The tap-tapping of a blind man's stick on the road.
[03:29.64] As I held my breath, I heard the door bolt being rattled downstairs.
[03:37.10] Then the tap-tap went away down the hill.
[03:42.28] Mother, I said, we must get away before it's too late.
[03:52.20] I hid the oil cloth packet inside my jacket, and we crept downstairs.
[04:03.71] Soon we were out of the door and into the night.
[04:09.37] The fog was beginning to clear and a full moon shone brightly.
[04:16.24] Already we could hear footsteps approaching and see a lantern coming up the hill.
[04:24.67] By good luck, we managed to reach the little bridge over the stream.
[04:31.68] We slid quickly down the bank and hid underneath the arch.
[04:39.69] There we stayed, not daring to move, as the voices drew nearer and nearer.