John rubbed his eyes . ` Then I shall get up , ' he said . Of course he was on the floor already . ` Hallo , ' he said , ' I am up ! ' Michael was up by this time also , looking as sharp as a knife with six blades and a saw , but Peter suddenly signed silence . Their faces assumed the awful craftiness of children listening for sounds from the grown-up world . All was as still as salt . Then everything was right . No , stop ! Everything was wrong . Nana , who had been barking distressfully all the evening , was quiet now . It was her silence they had heard . ` Out with the light ! Hide ! Quick ! ' cried John , taking command for the only time throughout the whole adventure . And thus when Liza entered , holding Nana , the nursery seemed quite its old self , very dark ; and you could have sworn you heard its three wicked inmates breathing angelically as they slept . They were really doing it artfully from behind the window curtains . Liza was in a bad temper , for she was mixing the Christmas puddings in the kitchen , and had been drawn away from them , with a raisin still on her cheek , by Nana 's absurd suspicions . She thought the best way of getting a little quiet was to take Nana to the nursery for a moment , but in custody of course .
` There , you suspicious brute , ' she XXXXX , not sorry that Nana was in disgrace , ` they are perfectly safe , are n't they ?
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