Treasure Island, Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Three

In which there is an attack on the stockade, successfully repulsed by our heroes at a cost, following which Jim gets a dang fool notion into his head to desert and attack the Hispaniola himself in a tiny little boat.



Eh, the notes this time around are also scanty, and mostly could be figured out from context, but there they are anyway. I've got nothing really to add, but we do have two illustrations this time around!

First up, we've got the pirates attack on the stockade, and we've even got the obligatory pirate holding a cutlass in his hand and a dagger in his teeth:

5:37 - "The boarders swarmed over the fence like monkeys."

A bit later, we've got the drunken fight between coxswain Israel Hands and some unnamed pirate in the cabin of the Hispaniola:

24:54 - "It showed me Hands and his companion locked together in deadly wrestle."

And seriously, Jim, what the crap were you thinking, abandoning the stockade to be manned by only two uninjured men? I bet there aren't even any bad repercussions from his rash act of desertion.


If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg. No reading ahead, though!