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They
were
tied
to
prevent
their
flying
away
,
doubled
up
with
their
knees
close
to
their
ears
;
and
for
the
trussing
of
them
the
black
pirate
had
cut
a
rope
into
nine
equal
pieces
.
All
went
well
until
Slightly
's
turn
came
,
when
he
was
found
to
be
like
those
irritating
parcels
that
use
up
all
the
string
in
going
round
and
leave
no
tags
with
which
to
tie
a
knot
.
The
pirates
kicked
him
in
their
rage
,
just
as
you
kick
the
parcel
(
though
in
fairness
you
should
kick
the
string
)
;
and
strange
to
say
it
was
Hook
who
told
them
to
belay
their
violence
.
His
lip
was
curled
with
malicious
triumph
.
While
his
dogs
were
merely
sweating
because
every
time
they
tried
to
pack
the
unhappy
lad
tight
in
one
part
he
bulged
out
in
another
,
Hook
's
master
mind
had
gone
far
beneath
Slightly
's
surface
,
probing
not
for
effects
but
for
causes
;
and
his
exultation
showed
that
he
had
found
them
.
Slightly
,
white
to
the
gills
,
knew
that
Hook
had
surprised
his
secret
,
which
was
this
,
that
no
boy
so
blown
out
could
use
a
tree
wherein
an
average
man
need
stick
.
Poor
Slightly
,
most
wretched
of
all
the
children
now
,
for
he
was
in
a
panic
about
Peter
,
bitterly
regretted
what
he
had
done
.
Madly
addicted
to
the
drinking
of
water
when
he
was
hot
,
he
had
swelled
in
consequence
to
his
present
girth
,
and
instead
of
reducing
himself
to
fit
his
tree
he
had
,
unknown
to
the
others
,
whittled
his
tree
to
make
it
fit
him
.
Sufficient
of
this
Hook
guessed
to
persuade
him
that
Peter
at
last
lay
at
his
mercy
;
but
no
word
of
the
dark
design
that
now
formed
in
the
subterranean
caverns
of
his
mind
crossed
his
lips
;
he
merely
signed
that
the
captives
were
to
be
conveyed
to
the
ship
,
and
that
he
would
be
alone
.
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How
to
convey
them
?
Hunched
up
in
their
ropes
they
might
indeed
be
rolled
down
hill
like
barrels
,
but
most
of
the
way
lay
through
a
morass
.
Again
Hook
's
genius
surmounted
difficulties
.
He
indicated
that
the
little
house
must
be
used
as
a
conveyance
.
The
children
were
flung
into
it
,
four
stout
pirates
raised
it
on
their
shoulders
,
the
others
fell
in
behind
,
and
singing
the
hateful
pirate
chorus
the
strange
procession
set
off
through
the
wood
.
I
do
n't
know
whether
any
of
the
children
were
crying
;
if
so
,
the
singing
drowned
the
sound
;
but
as
the
little
house
disappeared
in
the
forest
,
a
brave
though
tiny
jet
of
smoke
issued
from
its
chimney
as
if
defying
Hook
.
Hook
saw
it
,
and
it
did
Peter
a
bad
service
.
It
dried
up
any
trickle
of
pity
for
him
that
may
have
remained
in
the
pirate
's
infuriated
breast
.
The
first
thing
he
did
on
finding
himself
alone
in
the
fast
falling
night
was
to
tiptoe
to
Slightly
's
tree
,
and
make
sure
that
it
provided
him
with
a
passage
.
Then
for
long
he
remained
brooding
;
his
hat
of
ill
omen
on
the
sward
,
so
that
a
gentle
breeze
which
had
arisen
might
play
refreshingly
through
his
hair
.
Dark
as
were
his
thoughts
his
blue
eyes
were
as
soft
as
the
periwinkle
.
Intently
he
listened
for
any
sound
from
the
nether
world
,
but
all
was
as
silent
below
as
above
;
the
house
under
the
ground
seemed
to
be
but
one
more
empty
tenement
in
the
void
.
Was
that
boy
asleep
,
or
did
he
stand
waiting
at
the
foot
of
Slightly
's
tree
,
with
his
dagger
in
his
hand
?
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There
was
no
way
of
knowing
,
save
by
going
down
.
Hook
let
his
cloak
slip
softly
to
the
ground
,
and
then
biting
his
lips
till
a
lewd
blood
stood
on
them
,
he
stepped
into
the
tree
.
He
was
a
brave
man
;
but
for
a
moment
he
had
to
stop
there
and
wipe
his
brow
,
which
was
dripping
like
a
candle
.
Then
silently
he
let
himself
go
into
the
unknown
.
He
arrived
unmolested
at
the
foot
of
the
shaft
,
and
stood
still
again
,
biting
at
his
breath
,
which
had
almost
left
him
.
As
his
eyes
became
accustomed
to
the
dim
light
various
objects
in
the
home
under
the
trees
took
shape
;
but
the
only
one
on
which
his
greedy
gaze
rested
,
long
sought
for
and
found
at
last
,
was
the
great
bed
.
On
the
bed
lay
Peter
fast
asleep
.