They would have run away severally had they dared; but fear kept them together, and kept them close by John, as if his daring helped them.
倘若有胆量,他们早已各自逃走;可恐惧却把他们拢在一起,让他们紧靠着约翰,仿佛他的胆气能扶持他们。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Treasure Island · XXXII · The Treasure-hunt—The Voice Among the Trees —