21
The Attack
AS soon as Silver disappeared, the captain, who had
been closely watching him, turned towards the interior
of the house and found not a man of us at his post but
Gray. It was the first time we had ever seen him angry.
“Quarters!” he roared. And then, as we all slunk back
to our places, “Gray,” he said, “I’ll put your name in
the log; you’ve stood by your duty like a seaman. Mr.
Trelawney, I’m surprised at you, sir. Doctor, I thought
you had worn the king’s coat! If that was how you served
at Fontenoy, sir, you’d have been better in your berth.”
The doctor’s watch were all back at their loopholes,
the rest were busy loading the spare muskets, and
everyone with a red face, you may be certain, and a
flea in his ear, as the saying is.
The captain looked on for a w
