Both Uses of
inexplicable
in
Treasure Island
- But if it were inexplicable to me, the appearance of the chart was incredible to the surviving mutineers.†
Chpt 29 *
- Add to this double apprehension the mystery that still hung over the behaviour of my friends, their unexplained desertion of the stockade, their inexplicable cession of the chart, or harder still to understand, the doctor's last warning to Silver, "Look out for squalls when you find it," and you will readily believe how little taste I found in my breakfast and with how uneasy a heart I set forth behind my captors on the quest for treasure.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(inexplicable) incapable of being explained or accounted for