Long John Silver
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1,579 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 9 Aug
Long John Silver’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Then climbing on the roof, he had with his own hand bent and run up the colours.
This seemed mightily to relieve him.
He re-entered the log house and set about counting up the stores as if nothing else existed.
But he had an eye on Tom's passage for all that, and as soon as all was over, came forward with another flag and reverently spread it on the body.
Don't you take on, sir, he said, shaking the squire's hand.
All's well with him.
Then he pulled me aside.
Doctor Livesy, he said, in how many weeks do you and Squire expect the consort?
I told him it was a question not of weeks, but of months, that if we were not back by the end of August, Blandley was to send to find us, but neither sooner nor later.
You can calculate for yourself, I said.
Why, yes, returned the captain, scratching his head.
And making a large allowance, sir, for all the gifts of Providence, I should say we were pretty close hauled.
That were perhaps as well without that extra mouth.
And he pointed to the dead body under the flag.
Just then, with a roar and a whistle, a round shot passed high above the roof of the log house and plumped far beyond us in the wood.
Hoo house.
said the captain.
Blaze away.
You've little enough powder already, my lads.
At the second trial the aim was better, and the ball descended inside the stockade, scattering a cloud of sand, but doing no further damage.
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