Despite the many obstacles, the voyage is progressing well and there are only a few days left before the Hispaniola will reach Treasure Island. Jim, who now almost adores John Silver, overhears a secret meeting of some of the crew at night. His blood runs cold when he hears that John Silver is the leader of a mutiny and that he was the one-legged man of Captain Flint's band of pirates that Captain Billy feared all along. .