“ I'll be as silent as the grave. ”
Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island (1883). copy citation
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
|---|---|
| Source | Treasure Island |
| Topic | silence grave |
| Date | 1883 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/120/120-h/120-h.htm |
Context
“Jim and I shall stick together in the meanwhile; you'll take Joyce and Hunter when you ride to Bristol, and from first to last, not one of us must breathe a word of what we've found.»
«Livesey,» returned the squire, «you are always in the right of it. I'll be as silent as the grave.»
PART TWO—The Sea-cook 7 I Go to Bristol T was longer than the squire imagined ere we were ready for the sea, and none of our first plans—not even Dr. Livesey's, of keeping me beside him—could be carried out as we intended.” source
«Livesey,» returned the squire, «you are always in the right of it. I'll be as silent as the grave.»
PART TWO—The Sea-cook 7 I Go to Bristol T was longer than the squire imagined ere we were ready for the sea, and none of our first plans—not even Dr. Livesey's, of keeping me beside him—could be carried out as we intended.” source
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