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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Part 1, Chapters 4 to 6.

In the last chapters, our narrator Jim Hawkins was recounting his first encounter with the Captain, a mysterious

seafaring man who had come to stay at his parents secluded in. He described the captain as a belligerent and overbearing character that spent most of his time drinking rum, singing loud songs and keeping his eye out to sea. He also seemed very wary of

other sailors, once having a violent clash with a mysterious sailor named Black Dog.

After numerous months, during which time Jim's father had passed away, the captain had become

ill himself.

One day, another mysterious figure had sought after the captain,

and handed him the black spot, which meant he was soon to be hunted down.

However, the captain suddenly passed away shortly after this event, having succumbed to his illness.

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