24 The Treasure Hunt—Flint’s Pointer

CHAPTER 24 The Treasure Hunt—Flint's Pointer Jim," said Silver, "if I saved your life, you've saved mine. I saw how the doctor asked you to run—you didn't and that saved me. Now look, I don't like this business. I don't know what the doctor meant about the squalls and I don't like our hunt today. Let's stick close." With that, we returned to breakfast, where once again Silver's manner changed. He became loud and boastful and said that the

第二十四章寻宝——弗林特的指示犬吉姆，”西尔弗说，“如果我救了你的命，你也救了我的命。 我看到医生叫你跑——你没有，这救了我。 听着，我不喜欢这行。 我不知道医生说的暴风是什么意思我也不喜欢今天的狩猎。 让我们紧紧靠在一起。”说完，我们就回去吃早饭，西尔弗的态度又变了。 他大声自夸，说

doctor had told him the ship was hidden. He made wild plans that they would soon have the treasure and be on the high seas, with me as hostage. The men laughed and seemed ready for anything. I knew that Silver still had his foot in both camps. And I worried that his crew should find out his new loyalty to the doctor and that he and I would have to fight them off. It would be a sore sight. He with one leg and me, a boy, against five powerful pirates. Also, I worried that I could not make out the actions of my friends. Why had they left the fort and given up the map? And what was the warning of the squalls about? I had many doubts in my mind as we set out on our journey. Each man wore several weapons, and Silver led the sorry party with two rifles, two pistols, a cutlass sword, and Captain Flint on

医生告诉他船藏起来了。 他做了一个疯狂的计划，他们很快就会得到宝藏，然后在公海上，把我当作人质。 男人们笑了，似乎什么都准备好了。 我知道小银仍然是两个阵营的人。 我担心他的船员会发现他对医生的新忠诚然后他和我就得把他们赶走。 这将是一个令人痛心的景象。他一条腿和我，一个男孩，对抗五个强大的海盗。 此外，我担心我不能理解我的朋友们的行为。 他们为什么要离开堡垒，交出地图呢？ 暴风的警告是关于什么的？ 当我们出发时，我心中有许多疑虑。 每个人都带着几件武器，西尔弗带着两支来福枪、两支手枪和一把弯刀，带领这群可怜的人，弗林特船长继续前进

his shoulder, jabbering. We made a fine picture as we headed out. As we followed the directions, we looked to the chart and the men argued over which tall tree at the point might be the one mentioned on the map. Each picked his favorite, and Silver told them we'd soon enough know who was right when we arrived. We walked on easily and then, bending to our left, went up a crest. We now moved into denser jungle and suddenly, we heard one of the crew's voice rise in terror. We all went up to him as a group and found him staring down at the skeleton of a man lying by a tree. "What way is that for bones to lie?" asked Silver. "It ain't natural." With that we all looked at the skeleton and saw that it was laid out straight, which seemed odd. Then

他的肩膀，叽叽喳喳。我们出发时拍了一张漂亮的照片。 当我们沿着指示走的时候，我们看了看地图，那些人争论着那棵高大的树可能是地图上提到的那棵。 每个人都选了自己最喜欢的，西尔弗告诉他们，等我们到了，很快就会知道谁是对的。 我们轻松地往前走，然后向左弯下腰，爬上了一个山顶。 我们现在进入了茂密的丛林，突然，我们听到一个船员的声音惊恐地提高了。 我们大家一起走到他跟前，发现他正盯着躺在一棵树旁的一具男人的骨架。 “这是什么样子的骨头？”西尔弗问。 “这是不自然的。”说着，我们都看了看骨架，发现它是笔直的，这似乎很奇怪。 然后

Silver pulled out his compass. He took a bearing along the straight line of the bones and shook his head. "I thought so. This here's a pointer. This is a jolly joke of Flint's. This is one of the men he killed. Why, look at his hair, that would be Allardyce. You remember him, Tom?" "Aye, aye," Tom answered, "he owed me money." "I never liked that Flint," answered another man, "the way he raged and cursed and sang only that one song. He carried the jinx..." "Come now," said Silver, "enough of that kind of talk. Think ahead to the treasure and let's move!" We did so, but the men walked more closely and quietly. Gone was their carefree talk. The seaman's bones and Flint's terrifying pointer had made their spirits fall.

西尔弗拿出罗盘。 他沿着骨头的直线看了看方位，摇了摇头。 “我也这么想。这是一个指针。 这是弗林特开的一个有趣的玩笑。 这是他杀死的人之一。 看他的头发，那一定是阿勒代斯。 你还记得他吗，汤姆？”“是啊，是啊，”汤姆回答，“他欠我钱。” “我从来就不喜欢那个弗林特，”另一个人回答，“他暴怒、咒骂，只唱那首歌的样子。 他身上带着魔咒……”“好了，”西尔弗说，“别再说这种话了。 想想宝藏，我们走吧！”我们照做了，但男人们走得更近，更安静。 他们无忧无虑的谈话消失了。 水手的骨头和弗林特那只可怕的教鞭使他们的情绪低落下来。