When no one else was listening, asked the squire, Dr. Livesey, and Captain Smollett to meet me in the cabin. As soon as we were alone. I told them what I had heard. "What a fool I was!" cried the squire. "We can't turn back now," he said Captain Smollett. "The crew will not obey me" We will have to bide our time. Silver doesn't know we are onto him. Surprise on our side. "And you, jim," the captain added, "Will be our eyes and ears." Counting Hunter, Joyce, and Redruth, there were seven of us in all. There were nineteen sailors in the crew, including Long John. I couldn't see how biding our time would do any good. I was sure we would never leave the island alive.