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In the meantime, what of the boys? We have seen them at the first clang of weapons, turned as it were into stone figures, open mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides. IN THE MEANTIME WHAT OF THE BOYS WE HAVE SEEN THEM AT THE FIRST CLANG OF WEAPONS TURNED AS IF IT WERE INTO STONE FIGURES OPEN MOUTHED ALL APPEALING WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS TO PETER AND WE RETURN TO THEM AS THEIR MOUTHS CLOSE AND THEIR ARMS FELL TO THEIR SIDES
 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. This had got on Hook's nerves; it made his iron claw twitch, and at night it disturbed him like an insect. While Peter lived, the tortured man felt that he was a lion in a cage into which a sparrow had come. The question now was how to get down the trees, or how to get his dogs down? He ran his greedy eyes over them, searching for the thinnest ones. They wriggled uncomfortably, for they knew he would not scruple to ram them down with poles. R 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 THIS HAS GOT ON HOOK'S NERVES IT MADE HIS IRON CLAW TWITCH AND AT NIGHT IT DISTURBED HIM LIKE AN INSECT WHILE PETER LIVED THE TORTURED MAN FELT THAT HE WAS A LION IN A CAGE INTO WHICH A SPARROW HAD COME THE QUESTION WAS NOW HOW TO GET DOWN THE TREES OR HOW TO GET HIS DOGS DOWN HE RAN HIS GREEDY EYES OVER THEM SEARCHING FOR THE THINNEST ONES FOR THEY KNEW HE WOULD NOT SCRUPLE TO RAN THEM DOWN WITH POLES
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