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But there was no elation in his gait, which kept pace with the action of his sombre mind. Hook was profoundly dejected. BUT THERE WAS NO ELATION IN HIS GAIT WHICH KEPT PACE WITH THE ACTION OF HIS SOMBRE MIND HOOK WAS PROFOUNDLY DEJECTED
even strong men had to turn hastily from looking at him, and more than once on summer evenings he had touched the fount of Hook's tears and made it flow. Of this, as of almost everything else, Smee was quite unconscious. A few of the pirates leant over the bulwarks drinking in the miasma of the night; others sprawled by barrels over games of dice and cards; and the exhausted four who had carried the little house lay prone on the deck, where even in their sleep they rolled skilfully to this side or that out of Hook's reach, lest he should claw them mechanically in passing. Hook trod the deck in thought. O man unfathomable. It was his hour of triumph. Peter had been removed for ever from his path, and all the other boys were on the brig, about to walk the plank. It was his grimmest deed since the days when he had brought Barbecue to heel; and knowing as we do how vain a tabernacle is man, could we be surprised had he now paced the deck unsteadily, bellied out by the winds of his success? WARE OF IT BUT EVEN STRONG MEN HAD TO TURN HASTILY FROM LOOKING AT HIM AND MORE THAN ONCE ON SUMMER EVENINGS HE HAD TOUCHED THE THOUGHT OF HOOK'S TEARS AND MADE IT FLOW OF THIS AS OF ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE SMEE WAS QUITE UNCONSCIOUS A FEW OF THE PIRATES LEANT OVER THE BULWARKS DRINKING IN THE MAISE OF THE NIGHT OTHERS SPRAWLED BY BARRELS OVER GAMES OF DICE AND CARDS AND THE EXHAUSTED FOUR WHO HAD CARRIED THE LITTLE HOUSE LAY PROUD ON THE DECK WHERE EVEN IN THEIR SLEEP THEY ROLLED SKILFULLY TO THIS SIDE OR THAT OUT OF HOOK'S REACH LEST HE SHOULD CLAW THEM MECHANICALLY IN PASSING HOOK TROD THE DECK IN THOUGHT OH MAN UNFATHOMABLE IT WAS THE HOUR OF HIS TRIUMPH PETER HAD BEEN REMOVED FOREVER FROM HIS PATH AND ALL THE OTHER BOYS WERE ON THE BRIG ABOUT TO WALK THE PLANK IT WAS HIS GRIMMEST DEED SINCE THE DAYS WHEN HE HAD BROUGHT BARBECUE TO HEEL AND KNOWING AS WE DO HOW VAIN A TABERNACLE IS MAN COULD WE BE SURPRISED HAD HE NOW PACED THE DECK UNSTEADILY BELLIED OUT BY THE WINDS OF HIS SUCCESS
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