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“For thirty years,” he said, “I’ve sailed the seas, and seen good and bad, better and worse, fair weather and foul, provisions running out, knives going, and what not. Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o’ goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don’t bite; them’s my views—amen, so be it. And now, you look here,” he added, suddenly changing his tone, “we’ve had about enough of this foolery. The tide’s made good enough by now. You just take my orders, Cap’n Hawkins, and we’ll sail slap in and be done with it.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883)
Part V. My Sea Adventure.
Chapter XXVI. Israel Hands.
[emphasis added]Logan plumbs the depths of his son’s memory one last time.
Created as a collection treat for 69 Words Flash Exchange: 2026 Grand Return.
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- Part 4 of 69 Words Flash Exchange 2026