11 September 2001
51. What had become of the treasure?
chap 33
chap 33
They take it to the ship and return to England. After adding a few soldiers to the crew, Jim and his friends finish the journey and land at Bristol, sharing the treasure. Smollett retires. Gray, marries and becomes part owner of a ship. Gunn spend his part of the treasure in three week and again becomes a beggar - finally he becomes a lodge keeper. Jim Hawkins never hears of Long John Silver again, but Jim still has nightmares of he "accursed island," and the voice of Silver's parrot still rings in his dreams: "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"