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And his shoes were right, and his waistcoat was right, and his tie was right, and his socks were right. James Hook, thou not wholly unheroic figure, farewell. AND HIS SHOES WERE RIGHT AND HIS WAISTCOAT WAS RIGHT AND HIS TIE WAS RIGHT AND HIS SOCKS WERE RIGHT JAMES HOOK THOU NOT UNHOLY UNHEROIC FIGURE FAREWELL
nd it made blew him out of the danger zone. And again and again he darted in and pricked. Hook was fighting now without hope. That passionate breast no longer asked for life; but for one boon it craved: to see Peter bad form before it was cold for ever. Abandoning the fight he rushed into the powder magazine and fired it. 'In two minutes,' he cried, 'the ship will be blown to pieces.' Now, now, he thought, true form will show. But Peter issued from the powder magazine with the shell in his hands, and calmly flung it overboard. What sort of form was Hook himself showing? Misguided man though he was, we may be glad, without sympathising with him, that in the end he was true to the traditions of his race. The other boys were flying around him now, flouting, scornful; and as he staggered about the deck striking up at them impotently, his mind was no longer with them; it was slouching in the playing fields of long ago, or being sent up for good, or watching the wall-game from a famous wall. ER FLUTTERED ROUND HIM AS IF THE VERY WINDED MAID BLEW HIM OUT OF THE DANGER ZONE AND AGAIN AND AGAIN HE DARTED IN AND PRICKED HOOK WAS FIGHTING NOW WITHOUT HOPE THAT PASSIONATE BEAST NO LONGER ASKED FOR LIFE BUT FOR ONE BOON IT CRAVED TO SEE PETER BAD FORM BEFORE IT WAS COLD FOR EVER ABANDONING THE FIGHT HE RUSHED INTO THE POWDER MAGAZINE AND FIRED IT IN TWO MINUTES HE CRIED THE SHIP WILL BE BLOWN TO PIECES NOW NOW HE THOUGHT TRUE FORM WILL SHOW BUT PETER ISSUED FROM THE POWDER MAGAZINE WITH THE SHELL IN HIS HANDS AND CALMLY FLUNG IT OVERBOARD WHAT SORT OF FORM WAS HOOK HIMSELF SHOWING MISGUIDED MAN THOUGH HE WAS WE MAY BE GLAD WITHOUT SYMPATHIZING WITH HIM THAT IN THE END HE WAS TRUE TO THE TRADITIONS OF HIS RACE THE OTHER BOYS WERE FLYING ROUND HIM NOW FLOUTING SCORNFUL AND AS HE STAGGERED ABOUT THE DECK STRIVING AT THEM IMPOTENTLY HIS MIND WAS NO LONGER WITH HIM IT WAS SLOUCHING IN THE PLAYING FIELDS OF LONG AGO OR BEING SENT UP FOR GOOD OR WATCHING THE WALL GAIN FROM A FAMOUS WALL
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