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"Hook Or Me This Time"
Hooktriedtoheartenthem;butlikethedogshehadmadethemtheyshowedhimtheirfangs,andheknewthatifhetookhiseyesoffthemnowtheywouldleapathim.
’Lads,’hesaid,readytocajoleorstrikeasneedbe,butneverquailingforaninstant,’I’vethoughtitout.There’saJonahabroad.’
’Ay,’theysnarled,’amanwi’ahook.’
’No,lads,no,it’sthegirl.Neverwasluckonapirateshipwi’awomanonboard.We’llrighttheshipwhenshe’sgone.’
SomeofthemrememberedthatthishadbeenasayingofFlint’s.’It’sworthtrying,’theysaiddoubtfully.
’Flingthegirloverboard,’criedHook;andtheymadearushatthefigureinthecloak.
’There’snonecansaveyounow,missy,’Mullinshissedjeeringly.
’There’sone,’repliedthefigure.
’Who’sthat?’
’PeterPantheavenger!’cametheterribleanswer;andashespokePeterflungoffhiscloak.Thentheyallknewwho’twasthathadbeenundoingtheminthecabin,andtwiceHookessayedtospeakandtwicehefailed.InthatfrightfulmomentIthinkhisfierceheartbroke.
Atlasthecried,’Cleavehimtothebrisket,’butwithoutconviction.
’Down,boys,andatthem,’Peter’svoicerangout;andinanothermomenttheclashofarmswasresoundingthroughtheship.Hadthepirateskepttogetheritiscertainthattheywouldhavewon;buttheonsetcamewhentheywereallunstrung,andtheyranhitherandthither,strikingwildly,eachthinkinghimselfthelastsurvivorofthecrew.
