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Marooners' Rock stood alone in the forbidding waters, as if it were itself marooned. The boat drew nearer. It was the pirate dinghy, with three figures in her, Smee and Starkey, and the third a captive, no other than Tiger Lily. Her hands and ankles were tied, and she knew what was to be her fate. MAROONOUS ROCK STOOD ALONE IN THE FORBIDDING WATERS AS IF IT WERE ITSELF MAROONED THE BIRD DREW NEARER IT WAS THE PIRATE DINGHY WITH THREE FIGURES IN HER SMEE AND STARKEY AND A THIRD A CAPTIVE NO OTHER THAN TIGER LILY HER HANDS AND ANKLES WERE TIED AND SHE KNEW WHAT WAS TO BE HER FATE
 a young mother and she did not know this; she thought you simply must stick to your rule about half an hour after the midday meal. So, though fear was upon her, and she longed to hear male voices, she would not waken them. Even when she heard the sound of muffled oars, though her heart was in her mouth, she did not waken them. She stood over them to let them have their sleep out. Was it not brave of Wendy? It was well for those boys then that there was one among them who could sniff danger even in his sleep. Peter sprang erect, as wide awake at once as a dog, and with one warning cry he roused the others. He stood motionless, one hand to his ear. 'Pirates!' he cried. The others came closer to him. A strange smile was playing about his face, and Wendy saw it and shuddered. While that smile was on his face no one dared address him; all they could do was to stand ready to obey. The order came sharp and incisive. 'Dive!' There was a gleam of legs, and instantly the lagoon seemed deserted.  A ROCK GROWN CHILLY BUT SHE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER AND SHE DID NOT KNOW THIS SHE THOUGHT YOU SIMPLY MUST STICK TO YOUR ROOM ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AFTER THE MIDDAY MEAL SO THOUGH FEAR WAS UPON HER AND SHE LONGED TO HEAR MALE VOICES SHE WOULD NOT WAKEN THEM EVEN WHEN SHE HEARD THE SOUND OF MUFFLED WARS THOUGH HER HEART WAS IN HER MOUTH SHE DID NOT WAKEN THEM SHE STOOD OVER THEM TO LET THEM HAVE THEIR SLEEP OUT WAS IT NOT BRAVE OF WENDY IT WAS WELL FOR THOSE BOYS THEN THAT THERE WAS ONE AMONG THEM WHO WOULD SNIFF DANGER EVEN IN HIS SLEEP PETER SPRANG ERECT AS WIDE AWAKE AT ONCE AS A DOG AND WITH ONE WARNING CRY HE ROUSED THE OTHERS HE STOOD MOTIONLESS ONE HAND TO HIS EAR PIRATES HE CRIED THE OTHERS CAME CLOSER TO HIM A STRANGE SMILE WAS PLAYING ABOUT HIS FACE AND WENDY SAW IT AND SHUDDERED WHILE THAT SMILE WAS ON HIS FACE NO ONE DARED ADDRESS HIM ALL THEY COULD DO WAS TO STAND READY TO OBEY THE ORDER CAME SHARP AND INCISIVE DIVE THERE WAS A GLEAM OF LEGS AND INSTANTLY THE LAGOON SEEMED DESERTED
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