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and at last broke out with a villainous, low oath, "Silence, there, between decks!" "Were you addressing me, sir?" says the doctor; and when the ruffian had told him, with another oath, that this was so, "I have only one thing to say to you, sir," replies the doctor, "that if you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!" The old fellow's fury was awful. He sprang to his feet, drew and opened a sailor's clasp-knife, and balancing it open on the palm of his hand, threatened to pin the doctor to the wall. The doctor never so much as moved. He spoke to him as before, over his shoulder and in the same tone of voice, rather high, so that all the room might hear, but perfectly calm and steady: "If you do not put that knife this instant in your pocket, I promise, upon my honour, you shall hang at the next assizes." Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog."
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called me to his side. He had left his pipe below, and being a slave to tobacco, had meant that I should fetch it; but as soon as I was near enough to speak and not to be overheard, I broke immediately, "Doctor, let me speak. Get the captain and squire down to the cabin, and then make some pretence to send for me. I have terrible news."
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Stevenson, Chapter 1: The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow, "The voices stopped at once, all but Dr. Livesey's; he went on as before speaking clear and kind and drawing briskly at his pipe between every word or two. The captain glared at him for a while, flapped his hand again, glared still harder,
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Stevenson, Chapter 12: Council of War, "Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarter-deck, and anxious as I was to tell them my story, I durst not interrupt them openly. While I was still casting about in my thoughts to find some probable excuse, Dr. Livesey
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with Silver by agreeing to surrender the treasure map, which he (but not Silver) now knows to be useless. During the subsequent battle at the site of the plundered cache, he arrives opportunely to orchestrate the rescue of Jim and, as it turns out, Silver.
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Stevenson does not describe Dr. Livesey; he lets the doctor describe himself by his actions. He is intelligent, brave, and has cool-headed qualities that win the day against the cunning and ruthlessness of his formidable adversary Silver.
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Stevenson, Chapter 16: "I was not new to violent death—I have served his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and got a wound myself at Fontenoy—but I know my pulse went dot and carry one."
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Stevenson, Chapter 17:"Doctor, I thought you had worn the king's coat! If that was how you served at Fontenoy, sir, you'd have been better in your berth."
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Stevenson, Chapter 1: The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow, "Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient "
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Stevenson, Chapter 19: Narrative Resumed by Jim Hawkins: The Garrison in the Stockade
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Stevenson, Chapter 17: Narrative Continued by the Doctor: The Jolly-boat's Last Trip
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Stevenson, Chapter 16: Narrative Continued by the Doctor: How the Ship Was Abandoned
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Dr. Livesey, though at one point earning a merited rebuke from Captain Smollett for
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to bully him. On Bones' subsequent death and the discovery of the
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The doctor first appears in the book when he comes to the "
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Index

Treasure Island

Squire Trelawney
Robert Louis Stevenson
Human
Male
Doctor
magistrate
English
/ˈlɪvsi/
fictional
character
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
doctor
magistrate
southwest England
white wig
Battle of Fontenoy
Admiral Benbow
Jim Hawkins
Billy Bones
treasure map
Squire Trelawney
Captain J. Flint
cabin boy
Captain Alexander Smollett
ship's cook
Long John Silver
veteran

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