In this chapter, Jim meets the blind man and the captain dies.
After the dramatic twist in chapter 2, the captain thanks Jim for helping him and rejects the doctor's instructions to not have any more rum saying "I lived on rum." Jim finds out that the "Black Dog" is actually far from the captain's friend, he is an enemy. Sadly, Jim's father dies the next afternoon. As the days go on, the captain grows weaker and weaker. Then one day a blind man comes down the street asking where he is. When Jim tells him, the blind man suddenly grabs his arm and threatens to break his arm if he doesn't lead him to the captain. Once Jim does, the blind man commands Jim to give the captain's left hand to the blind man and both of them obey. Then the blind man leaves and then the captain dies violently from a stroke. Jim is very sorrowful to have 2 very recent deaths.
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