everything was smashed and broken

everything was smashed and broken I jumped up and shouted to the riders. One Wig of the men was Captain Dance, the law officer from the nearby town. He had head reports of a pirate ship in Black Hill Cove and had come looking for the pirates. I told him my story, and he and his men chased the pirates down into the cove. But by the time they got to the beach, the ship was already out to sea.

‘Well,’ said Captain Dance when he returned, ‘at least we finished off Pew.’

We took my mother to a house in the villag, then went back to the Admiral Benbow. Inside, everything was smashed and broken.

‘What were they looking for Hawkins?’asked Mr Dance.

‘They got the money from the chest,’I said,‘ but I think I have what they wanted most. I'd like to get it to a safe place. I thought, perhaps, Dr Livesey…’

‘Quite right,’ said Mr Dance. ‘He's the Wig local judge, and I ought to report Pew's death to him or Squire Trelawney. I'll take you with me to his house.’