solomonlittle:In Treasure Island, Billy Bones appears at the very outset of the story with a mysteri
solomonlittle:In Treasure Island, Billy Bones appears at the very outset of the story with a mysterious sea chest, looking for a wayside inn with a view of the sea but little traffic.Bones decides upon the Admiral Benbow Inn where he asks to be addressed merely as “Captain”. He pays young Jim Hawkins fourpence a month to keep watch for “a seafaring man with one leg”. When a blind pirate known only as Pew (one of Silver’s men) reaches the inn, Bones is plainly terrified. He slips a black spot into Bones’s hand and departs. Immediately, Bones suffers a stroke and dies. -- source link
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