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Such is the terrible man against whom Peter Pan is pitted. Which will win? SUCH IS THE TERRIBLE MAN AGAINST WHOM PETER PAN IS PITTED WHICH WILL WIN
breeding; and the elegance of his diction, even when he was swearing, no less than the distinction of his demeanour, showed him one of a different caste from his crew. A man of indomitable courage, it was said of him that the only thing he shied at was the sight of his own blood, which was thick and of an unusual colour. In dress he somewhat aped the attire associated with the name of Charles II., having heard it said in some earlier period of his career that he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts; and in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which enabled him to smoke two cigars at once. But undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw. Let us now kill a pirate, to show Hook's method. Skylights will do. As they pass, Skylights lurches clumsily against him, ruffling his lace collar; the hook shoots forth, there is a tearing sound and one screech, then the body is kicked aside, and the pirates pass on. He has not even taken the cigars from his mouth. RUEST TEST OF BREEDING AND THE ELEGANCE OF HIS DICTION EVEN WHEN HE WAS SWEARING NO LESS THAN THE DISTINCTION OF HIS DEMEANOUR SHOWED HIM ONE OF A DIFFERENT CAST FROM HIS CREW A MAN OF INDOMITABLE COURAGE IT WAS SAID OF HIM THAT THE ONLY THING HE SHIED AT WAS THE SIGHT OF HIS OWN BLOOD WHICH WAS THICK AND OF AN UNUSUAL COLOR IN DRESS HE SOME SOMEWHAT APED THE ATTIRE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME OF CHARLES THE SECOND HAVING HEARD IT SAID IN SOME EARLIER PERIOD OF HIS CAREER THAT HE BORE A STRANGE RESEMBLANCE TO THE ILL FATED STUARTS AND IN HIS MOUTH HE HAD A HOLDER OF HIS OWN CONTRIVANCE WHICH ENABLED HIM TO SMOKE TWO CIGARS AT ONCE BUT UNDOUBTEDLY THE GRIMMEST PART OF HIM WAS HIS IRON CLAW LET US NOW KILL A PIRATE TO SHOW HOOK'S METHOD SKYLIGHTS WILL DO AS THEY PASS SKYLIGHT LURCHES CLUMSILY AGAINST HIM RUFFLING HIS LACE COLLAR THE HOOK SHOOTS FORTH THERE IS A TEARING SOUND AND ONE SCREECH THEN THE BODY IS KICKED ASIDE AND THE PIRATES PASS ON HE HAS NOT EVEN TAKEN THE CIGARS FROM HIS MOUTH
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