She hung it out at the window , meaning ` He is sure to come back for it ; let us put it where he can get it easily without disturbing the children . ' But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window ; it looked so like the washing and lowered the whole tone of the house . She thought of showing it to Mr. Darling , but he was totting up winter greatcoats for John and Michael , with a wet towel round his head to keep his brain clear , and it seemed a shame to trouble him ; besides , she knew exactly what he would say : ` It all comes of having a dog for a nurse . ' She decided to roll the shadow up and put it away carefully in a drawer , until a fitting opportunity came for telling her husband . Ah me ! The opportunity came a week later , on that never-to-be-forgotten Friday . Of course it was a Friday . ' I ought to have been specially careful on a Friday , ' she used to say afterwards to her husband , while perhaps Nana was on the other side of her , holding her hand . ` No , no , ' Mr. Darling always said , ' I am responsible for it all . I , George Darling , did it . Mea culpa , mea culpa . ' He had had a classical education . They sat thus night after night recalling that fatal Friday , till every detail of it was stamped on their brains and came through on the other side like the faces on a bad coinage . ` If only I had not accepted that invitation to dine at 27 , ' Mrs. Darling said . ` If only I had not poured my medicine into Nana 's bowl , ' said Mr. Darling . ` If only I had pretended to like the medicine , ' was what Nana 's wet eyes said . ` My liking for parties , George . ' ` My fatal gift of humour , dearest . ' ` My touchiness about trifles , dear master and mistress . ' Then one or more of them would break down altogether ; Nana at the thought , ` It 's true , it 's true , they ought not to have had a dog for a nurse . '
Many a time it was Mr. Darling who XXXXX the handkerchief to Nana 's eyes .
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