About this story
What is in his sea-chest gets the inn wrecked and you aboard a ship provisioned for an island nobody names aloud. Stevenson wrote the pirate story all the others borrow from. You are Jim Hawkins, and the ship's cook — one leg, a parrot, endlessly kind to you — is the reason to be careful.
Who you’ll meet
single figure
How it opens
Winter light lay thin upon Black Hill Cove and the empty western road.
Below the inn, slow water folded over shingle with a cold sucking sound.
Billy BonesIs this the Admiral Benbow?
Billy BonesRum.
Choose
Shall I carry your coat inside?
We have a room above the parlour.
My father will bring your rum.