Chapter 34
Jim's reflection on how the bar silver and arms lay still where Flint left them, and the closing image suggesting the treasure brings no peace — only nightmares.
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From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson treats gold as a moral solvent: men kill, betray, and go mad for it, and even the loyal party is partly motivated by the lure.
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Silver describes the fate of past pirates who squander their shares: 'Where's all England's men now? I dunno. Where's Flint's? Why, most on 'em aboard here.'
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