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This had got on Hook's nerves; it made his iron claw twitch, and at night it disturbed him like an insect. THIS HAS GOT ON HOOK'S NERVES IT MADE HIS IRON CLAW TWITCH AND AT NIGHT IT DISTURBED HIM LIKE AN INSECT
traordinary man. Elation must have been in his heart, but his face did not reflect it: ever a dark and solitary enigma, he stood aloof from his followers in spirit as in substance. The night's work was not yet over, for it was not the redskins he had come out to destroy; they were but the bees to be smoked, so that he should get at the honey. It was Pan he wanted, Pan and Wendy and their band, but chiefly Pan. Peter was such a small boy that one tends to wonder at the man's hatred of him. True he had flung Hook's arm to the crocodile; but even this and the increased insecurity of life to which it led, owing to the crocodile's pertinacity, hardly account for a vindictiveness so relentless and malignant. The truth is that there was a something about Peter which goaded the pirate captain to frenzy. It was not his courage, it was not his engaging appearance, it was not--. There is no beating about the bush, for we know quite well what it was, and have got to tell. It was Peter's cockiness. THEIR FERRET EYES AT THIS EXTRAORDINARY MAN ELATION MUST HAVE BEEN IN HIS HEART BUT HIS FACE DID NOT REFLECT IT EVER A DARK AND SOLITARY ENIGMA HE STOOD ALOOF FROM HIS FOLLOWERS IN SPIRIT AS IN SUBSTANCE THE NIGHT'S WORK WAS NOT YET OVER FOR IT WAS NOT THE REDSKINS HE HAD COME OUT TO DESTROY THEY WERE BUT THE BEES TO BE SMOKED SO THAT HE COULD GET AT THE HONEY IT WAS PAN HE WANTED PAN AND WENDY AND THEIR BAND BUT CHIEFLY PAN PETER WAS SUCH A SMALL BOY THAT ONE TENDS TO WONDER AT THE MAN'S HATRED OF HIM TRUE HE HAD FLUNG HOOK'S ARM TO THE CROCODILE BUT EVEN THIS AND THE INCREASED INSECURITY OF LIFE TO WHICH IT LED OWING TO THE CROCODILE'S PERTINACITY HARDLY ACCOUNT FOR A VINDICTIVENESS SO RELENTLESS AND MALIGNANT THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE WAS A SOMETHING ABOUT PETER WHICH GOADED THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TO FRENZY IT WAS NOT HIS COURAGE IT WAS NOT HIS ENGAGING APPEARANCE IT WAS NOT THERE IS NO BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH FOR WE KNOW QUITE WELL WHAT IT WAS AND HAVE GOT TO TELL IT WAS PETER'S COCKINESS
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