4
The Sea-chest
I LOST no time, of course, in telling my mother all
that I knew, and perhaps should have told her long
before, and we saw ourselves at once in a difficult and
dangerous position. Some of the man’s money—if he had
any—was certainly due to us, but it was not likely
that our captain’s shipmates, above all the two
specimens seen by me, Black Dog and the blind beggar,
would be inclined to give up their booty in p*****t of
the dead man’s debts. The captain’s order to mount at
once and ride for Doctor Livesey would have left my
mother alone and unprotected, which was not to be
thought of. Indeed, it seemed impossible for either of
us to remain much longer in the house; the fall of
coals in the kitchen grate, the very ticking of the
clock, filled us with alarms. The
