Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
curiosity
/ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/a strong desire to know or learn about something
scatter
/ˈskætə(r)/to run or move quickly in different directions
furious
/ˈfjʊəriəs/extremely angry
quarrel
/ˈkwɒrəl/an angry argument or disagreement between people
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My curiosity was stronger than my fear. I could not stay hidden under the bridge, so I crept back behind a bush where I could watch the road in front of our inn. Soon, my enemies arrived. There were seven or eight men running hard, with one man carrying a lantern in front. Three men ran together, hand in hand, and I realized that the man in the middle was the blind beggar. "Break down the door!" he ordered. The men rushed into the Admiral Benbow. They stopped for a second when they saw the door was already open, but...
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