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Hook did so instantly, but with a tragic feeling that Peter was showing good form. Hitherto he had thought it was some fiend fighting him, but darker suspicions assailed him now. 'Pan, who and what art thou?' he cried huskily. 'I'm youth, I'm joy,' Peter answered at a venture, 'I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.' HOOK DID SO INSTANTLY BUT WITH A TRAGIC FEELING THAT PETER WAS SHOWING GOOD FORM HITHERTO HE HAD THOUGHT IT WAS SOME FIEND FIGHTING HIM BUT DARKER SUSPICIONS ASSAILED HIM NOW PAN WHO AND WHAT ART THOU HE CRIED HUSKILY I'M YOUTH I'M JOY PETER ANSWERED AT A VENTURE I'M A LITTLE BIRD THAT HAS BROKEN OUT OF THE EGG
was no advantage to either blade. Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe's defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. Hook, scarcely his inferior in brilliancy, but not quite so nimble in wrist play, forced him back by the weight of his onset, hoping suddenly to end all with a favourite thrust, taught him long ago by Barbecue at Rio; but to his astonishment he found this thrust turned aside again and again. Then he sought to close and give the quietus with his iron hook, which all this time had been pawing the air; but Peter doubled under it and, lunging fiercely, pierced him in the ribs. At sight of his own blood, whose peculiar colour, you remember, was offensive to him, the sword fell from Hook's hand, and he was at Peter's mercy. 'Now!' cried all the boys; but with a magnificent gesture Peter invited his opponent to pick up his sword. ND FOR A SPACE THERE WAS NO ADVANTAGE TO EITHER BLADE PETER WAS A SUPERB SWORDSMAN AND PARRIED WITH A DAZZLING RAPIDITY EVER AND ANON HE FOLLOWED UP A FEINT WITH A LUNGE THAT GOT PAST HIS FOES DEFENSE BUT HIS SHORTER REACH STOOD HIM IN ILL STEAD AND HE COULD NOT DRIVE THE STEEL HOME HOOK SCARCELY HIS INFERIOR IN BRILLIANCY BUT NOT QUITE SO NIBBLE AND WRIST PLAY FORCED HIM BACK BY THE WEIGHT OF HIS ONSET HOPING SUDDENLY TO END AT ALL WITH A FAVOURITE THRUST TAUGHT TO HIM LONG AGO BY BARBECUE OF REO BUT TO HIS ASTONISHMENT HE FOUND THIS THRUST TURNED ASIDE AGAIN AND AGAIN THEN HE SOUGHT TO CLOSE AND GIVE THE COIETUS WITH HIS IRON HOOK WHICH ALL THIS TIME HAD BEEN PAWING THE AIR BUT PETER DOUBLED IT UNDER AND LUNGING FIERCELY PIERCED HIM IN THE RIBS AT SIGHT OF HIS OWN BLOOD WHOSE PECULIAR COLOUR YOU REMEMBER WAS OFFENSIVE TO HIM THE SWORD FELL FROM HOOK'S HAND AND HE WAS AT PETER'S MERCY NOW CRIED ALL THE BOYS BUT WITH A MAGNIFICENT GESTURE PETER INVITED HIS OPPONENT TO PICK UP HIS SWORD
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