`` Who are you , stranger ? Speak ! '' Hook demanded . `` I am James Hook , '' replied the voice , `` captain of the JOLLY ROGER . '' `` You are not ; you are not , '' Hook cried hoarsely . `` Brimstone and gall , '' the voice retorted , `` say that again , and I 'll cast anchor in you . '' Hook tried a more ingratiating manner . `` If you are Hook , '' he said almost humbly , `` come tell me , who am I ? '' `` A codfish , '' replied the voice , `` only a codfish . '' `` A codfish ! '' Hook echoed blankly , and it was then , but not till then , that his proud spirit broke . He saw his men draw back from him . `` Have we been captained all this time by a codfish ! '' they muttered . `` It is lowering to our pride . '' They were his dogs snapping at him , but , tragic figure though he had become , he scarcely heeded them . Against such fearful evidence it was not their belief in him that he needed , it was his own . He felt his ego slipping from him . `` Do n't desert me , bully , '' he whispered hoarsely to it . In his dark nature there was a touch of the feminine , as in all the great pirates , and it sometimes gave him intuitions .
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