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'Girl.' Now surely he would understand; but not a bit of it. 'Peter,' she said, faltering, 'are you expecting me to fly away with you?' 'Of course that is why I have come.' He added a little sternly, 'Have you forgotten that this is spring cleaning time?' GIRL NOW SURELY HE WOULD UNDERSTAND BUT NOT A BIT OF IT PETER SHE SAID FALTERING ARE YOU EXPECTING ME TO FLY AWAY WITH YOU OF COURSE THAT IS WHY I'VE COME HE ADDED A LITTLE STERNLY HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT THIS IS SPRING CLEANING TIME
he window blew open as of old, and Peter dropped on the floor. He was exactly the same as ever, and Wendy saw at once that he still had all his first teeth. He was a little boy, and she was grown up. She huddled by the fire not daring to move, helpless and guilty, a big woman. 'Hullo, Wendy,' he said, not noticing any difference, for he was thinking chiefly of himself; and in the dim light her white dress might have been the night-gown in which he had seen her first. 'Hullo, Peter,' she replied faintly, squeezing herself as small as possible. Something inside her was crying 'Woman, woman, let go of me.' 'Hullo, where is John?' he asked, suddenly missing the third bed. 'John is not here now,' she gasped. 'Is Michael asleep?' he asked, with a careless glance at Jane. 'Yes,' she answered; and now she felt that she was untrue to Jane as well as to Peter. 'That is not Michael,' she said quickly, lest a judgment should fall on her. Peter looked. 'Hullo, is it a new one?' 'Yes.' 'Boy or girl?  IN THE NURSERY AND WHILE SHE SAT DARNING SHE HEARD A CROW THEN THE WINDOW BLEW OPEN AS OF OLD AND PETER DROPPED ON THE FLOOR HE WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS EVER AND WENDY SAW AT ONCE THAT HE STILL HAD ALL HIS FIRST TEETH HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND SHE WAS GROWN UP SHE HELD IT BY THE FIRE NOT DARING TO MOVE HELPLESS AND GUILTY A BIG WOMAN HELLO WENDY HE SAID NOT NOTICING ANY DIFFERENCE FOR HE WAS THINKING CHIEFLY OF HIMSELF AND IN THE DIM LIGHT HER WHITE DRESS MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE NIGHTGOWN IN WHICH HE HAD SEEN HER FIRST HELLO PETER SHE REPLIED FAINTLY SQUEEZING HERSELF AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE SOMETHING INSIDE HER WAS CRYING WOMAN WOMAN LET GO OF ME HELLO WHERE'S JOHN HE ASKED SUDDENLY MISSING THE THIRD BED JOHN IS NOT HERE NOW SHE GASPED IS MICHAEL ASLEEP HE ASKED WITH A CARELESS GLANCE AT JANE YES SHE ANSWERED AND NOW SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS UNTRUE TO JANE AS WELL AS TO PETER THAT IS NOT MICHAEL SHE SAID QUICKLY LEST A JUDGMENT SHOULD FALL ON HER PETER LOOKED HULLO IS IT A NEW ONE YES BOY OR GIRL
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