"The paper had been sealed in several places with a thimble
by way of seal; the very thimble, perhaps, that I had found in the
captain's pocket. The doctor opened the seals with great care, and there
fell out the map of an island, with latitude and longitude, soundings,
names of hills, and bays and inlets, and every particular that would be
needed to bring a ship to a safe anchorage upon its shores. It was about
nine miles long and five across, shaped, you might say, like a fat
dragon standing up, and had two fine landlocked harbours, and a hill in
the centre part marked 'The Spy-glass'."
"'If there's any doubt
about the matter, he is,' returned the doctor. 'A man who has been three
years biting his nails on a desert island, Jim, can't expect to appear
as sane as you or me. It doesn't lie in human nature. Was it cheese you
said he had a fancy for?"
"It was a smile that had in it
something both of pain and weakness - a haggard, old man's smile; but
there was, besides that, a grain of derision, a shadow of treachery, in
his expression as he craftily watched, and watched, and watched me at my
work."
"The thought of the money, as they drew nearer, swallowed up their previous terrors."
"All of us had an ample share of the treasure, and used it wisely or foolishly, according to our nature."
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
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