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Feeling for the catch, he found to his fury that it was low down, beyond his reach. To his disordered brain it seemed then that the irritating quality in Peter's face and figure visibly increased, and he rattled the door and flung himself against it. FEELING FOR THE CATCH HE FOUND TO HIS FURY THAT IT WAS LOW DOWN BEYOND HIS REACH TO HIS DISORDERED BRAIN IT SEEMED THEN THAT THE IRRITATING QUALITY IN PETER'S FACE AND FIGURE VISIBLY INCREASED AND HE RATTLED THE DOOR AND FLUNG HIMSELF AGAINST IT
The man was not wholly evil; he loved flowers (I have been told) and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord); and, let it be frankly admitted, the idyllic nature of the scene stirred him profoundly. Mastered by his better self he would have returned reluctantly up the tree, but for one thing. What stayed him was Peter's impertinent appearance as he slept. The open mouth, the drooping arm, the arched knee: they were such a personification of cockiness as, taken together, will never again one may hope be presented to eyes so sensitive to their offensiveness. They steeled Hook's heart. If his rage had broken him into a hundred pieces every one of them would have disregarded the incident, and leapt at the sleeper. Though a light from the one lamp shone dimly on the bed Hook stood in darkness himself, and at the first stealthy step forward he discovered an obstacle, the door of Slightly's tree. It did not entirely fill the aperture, and he had been looking over it. ISTURB HIS SOMBRE BREAST THE MAN WAS NOT WHOLLY EVIL HE LOVED FLOWERS I HAVE BEEN TOLD AND SWEET MUSIC HE WAS HIMSELF NO MEAN PERFORMER OF THE HARPSICHORD AND LET IT BE FRANKLY ADMITTED THE IDYLLIC NATURE OF THE SCENE STIRRED HIM PROFOUNDLY MASTERED BY HIS BETTER SELF HE WOULD HAVE RETURNED RELUCTANTLY UP THE TREE BUT FOR ONE THING WHAT STAYED HIM WAS PETER'S IMPERTINENT APPEARANCE AS HE SLEPT THE OPEN MOUTH THE DROOPING ARM THE ARCHED KNEE THEY WERE SUCH A PERSONIFICATION OF COCKINESS AS TAKEN TOGETHER WHILE NEVER AGAIN ONE MAY HOPE BE PRESENTED TO EYES SO SENSITIVE TO THEIR OFFENSIVENESS THEY STEALED HOOK'S HEART IF HIS RAGE HAD BROKEN HIM INTO A HUNDRED PIECES EVERY ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE DISREGARDED THE INCIDENT AND LEAPT AT THE SLEEPER THOUGH A LIGHT FROM THE ONE LAMP SHONE DIMLY ON THE BED HOOK STOOD IN DARKNESS HIMSELF AND AT THE FIRST STEALTHY STEP FORWARD HE DISCOVERED AN OBSTACLE THE DOOR OF SLIGHTLY STREAM IT DID NOT ENTIRELY FILL THE APERTURE AND HE HAD BEEN LOOKING OVER IT
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