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I was never afraid of Flint in his life and，by thunder，I'll face him dead！
媽的，我也不怕他的鬼魂。
There's seven hundred thousand pounds not a quarter of a mile from here．
離這兒不到1／4英里有70萬英鎊。
I'll not leave that much money for a drunken old seaman-him dead，too！
不能因為碰上個死了的老醉鬼就扔掉這么多財寶不要啊。
And there's something strange．
而且有點怪。
There was an echo，and no man ever saw a ghost with a shadow，so why should a ghost's voice have an echo？
剛才的聲音有回音，而且也沒人看見過鬼魂還有影子。為什么鬼魂的聲音還有回音？
It's not natural．
這很奇怪。
The words calmed George Merry．Yes，that's right，he said．
這些話讓喬治·墨利平靜了一些。沒錯，他說。
Now I think about it，it was like Flint's voice，but not exactly like it．
我現在想起來了。那聲音很像弗林特的，但又不確切。
It was like another person's voice…more like
挺像另一個人的聲音……更像
Ben Gunn！shouted Silver．
本·葛恩！西爾弗叫道。
If it was，it's still a ghost，said Dick．
如果是的話，也還是鬼魂的聲音，迪克說。
Ben Gunn's not here in body，any more than Flint is．
本·葛恩也是個死人，和弗林特一樣。
But the older men laughed．
年長的幾個人笑起來。墨利嚷道：
Nobody minds Ben Gunn，Dead or alive，cried George．
誰也不把本·葛恩放在眼里，不管他是死是活，誰也不怕他。
The men were happy again，the colour back in their faces as they talked together and began to walk on．
那幫人又高興起來，臉上漸漸有了血色，他們開始邊說邊趕路。
George Merry went first，leading the way with Silver's compass．
喬治·墨利走在前面，拿著西爾弗的羅盤領路。
We reached the first tall tree，but it was the wrong one．So was the second．
我們走到第一棵大樹下，但證明是錯的。第二棵也是如此。
The third was tall enough to be seen from the sea，both east and west of the island．
第三棵樹很高，從東西兩面的海上都能看見。
My companions hurried on，desperate to get their hands on the seven hundred thousand pounds in gold which lay somewhere under the tree's shadows．
我的同行者們急忙趕過去，一心想得到藏在樹陰下的70萬英鎊財寶。
Silver pulled at the rope that held me，and turned his eyes upon me with a deadly look．
西爾弗拽著繩子，惡狠狠地瞪著我。
I could read his thoughts．
我明白他的心思。
So near to the gold now，everything was forgotten—his promise and the doctor's warning．
現在離寶藏越來越近了，他忘了一切——他的保證和大夫的勸告。
I knew he hoped to take the treasure，cut every honest throat on that island，find and board the Hispaniola at night，and sail away a rich man and a murderer．
我知道他希望找到寶藏后殺掉每一個誠實的人，晚上找到伊斯帕尼奧拉號逃掉，做一個富翁和殺人犯。
Suddenly，George Merry shouted，All together，boys！
忽然，喬治·墨利喊道：都過來！
and the men began to run．Not ten metres farther on they stopped and cried out．
大家都跑過去。不出十米大伙都停下來驚叫起來。
Silver moved quickly，and the next moment we were with them Before us was a large hole，
西爾弗迅速過去，我們很快和他們在一起了。在我們面前是個大洞，
but it was not a new hole because grass grew on the bottom．
顯然不是新挖的，因為底部長滿了野草。
There was no treasure．
洞里沒有寶藏。
The seven hundred thousand pounds had gone！
價值70萬英鎊的財寶不翼而飛了！
關于《金銀島》
比如：霍金斯太太在從死去的海盜的皮箱中取錢時，形勢已是萬分緊急，其他海盜隨時可能出現，但她卻“不同意在收回她的欠賬之外多拿一個銅板，又固執地不肯少拿一個銅板”。
