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Lest he should be taken alive, Hook always carried about his person a dreadful drug, blended by himself of all the death dealing rings that had come into his possession. These he had boiled down into a yellow liquid quite unknown to science, which was probably the most virulent poison in existence. Five drops of this he now added to Peter's cup. His hand shook, but it was in exultation rather than in shame. LEST HE SHOULD BE TAKEN ALIVE HOOK ALWAYS CARRIED ABOUT HIS PERSON A DREADFUL DRUG BLENDED BY HIMSELF OF ALL THE DEATH DEALING RINGS THAT HAD COME INTO HIS POSSESSION THESE HE HAD BOILED DOWN INTO A YELLOW LIQUID QUITE UNKNOWN TO SIGNS WHICH WAS PROBABLY THE MOST VIRULENT POISON IN EXISTENCE FIVE DROPS OF THIS HE NOW ADDED TO PETER'S CUP HIS HAND SHOOK BUT IT WAS IN EXULTATION RATHER THAN IN SHAME
 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. 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. Was his enemy to escape him after all. But what was that? The red in his eye had caught sight of Peter's medicine standing on a ledge within easy reach. He fathomed what it was straightway, and immediately he knew that the sleeper was in his power. 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 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 WAS HIS ENEMY TO ESCAPE HIM AFTER ALL BUT WHAT WAS THAT THE WRET IN HIS EYE HAD CAUGHT SIGHT OF PETER'S MEDICINE STANDING ON A LEDGE WITHIN EASY REACH HE FATHOMED THAT IT WAS STRAIGHTWAY AND IMMEDIATELY HE KNEW THAT THE SLEEPER WAS IN HIS POWER
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