The Empty Treasure Pit

From Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The climactic anti-climax: the pirates dig up the cache only to find it empty, triggering the final confrontation.
Chapter 32

'Two guineas!' roared Merry... 'Dig away, boys... You'll find some pig-nuts and I shouldn't wonder.' The fury that follows is the trap that breaks the mutiny.

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