What secret plan does Jim Hawkins overhear during the voyage in Treasure Island?

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Robert Louis Stevenson Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's famous works include the adventure novel *Treasure Island* (1881).

While aboard the Hispaniola, Jim Hawkins hides in a barrel and overhears Long John Silver and his fellow crew members discussing a mutiny. The secret plan involves waiting until the treasure is located and secured before killing all the non-pirates on the expedition to seize the riches for themselves.1