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Thus defenceless Hook found him. He stood silent at the foot of the tree looking across the chamber at his enemy. THUS DEFENCELESS HOOK FOUND HIM HE STOOD SILENT AT THE FOOT OF THE TREE LOOKING ACROSS THE CHAMBER AT HIS ENEMY
 never know that you may not grow chilly at the turn of the night. Then he nearly cried; but it struck him how indignant she would be if he laughed instead; so he laughed a haughty laugh and fell asleep in the middle of it. Sometimes, though not often, he had dreams, and they were more painful than the dreams of other boys. For hours he could not be separated from these dreams, though he wailed piteously in them. They had to do, I think, with the riddle of his existence. At such times it had been Wendy's custom to take him out of bed and sit with him on her lap, soothing him in dear ways of her own invention, and when he grew calmer to put him back to bed before he quite woke up, so that he should not know of the indignity to which she had subjected him. But on this occasion he had fallen at once into a dreamless sleep. One arm dropped over the edge of the bed, one leg was arched, and the unfinished part of his laugh was stranded on his mouth, which was open, showing the little pearls. EM INSIDE IT BECAUSE SHE NEVER KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT GROW CHILLY AT THE TURN OF THE NIGHT THEN HE NEARLY CRIED BUT IT STRUCK HIM HOW INDIGNANT SHE WOULD BE IF HE LAUGHED INSTEAD SO HE LAUGHED A HAUGHTY LAUGH AND FELL ASLEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF IT SOMETIMES THOUGH NOT OFTEN HE HAD DREAMS AND THEY WERE MORE PAINFUL THAN THE DREAMS OF OTHER BOYS FOR HOURS HE COULD NOT BE SEPARATED FROM THESE DREAMS THOUGH HE WAILED PITEOUSLY IN THEM THEY HAD TO DO I THINK WITH THE RIDDLE OF HIS EXISTENCE AT SUCH TIMES IT HAD BEEN WENDY'S CUSTOM TO TAKE HIM OUT OF BED AND SIT WITH HIM ON HER LAP SOOTHING HIM IN DEAR WAYS OF HER OWN INVENTION AND WHEN HE GREW CALMER TO PUT HIM BACK TO BED BEFORE HE QUITE WOKE UP SO THAT HE SHOULD NOT KNOW OF THE INDIGNITY TO WHICH HE HAD SUBJECTED HIM BUT ON THIS OCCASION HE HAD FALLEN AT ONCE INTO A DREAMLESS SLEEP ONE ARM DROPPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE BED ONE LEG WAS ARCHED AND THE UNFINISHED PART OF HIS LAUGH WAS STRANDED ON HIS MOUTH WHICH WAS OPEN SHOWING THE LITTLE PEARLS
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