`` Yes , '' she answered ; and now she felt that she was untrue to Jane as well as to Peter . `` That is not Michael , '' she said quickly , lest a judgment should fall on her . Peter looked . `` Hullo , is it a new one ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Boy or girl ? '' `` Girl . '' Now surely he would understand ; but not a bit of it . `` Peter , '' she said , faltering , `` are you expecting me to fly away with you ? '' `` Of course ; that is why I have come . '' He added a little sternly , `` Have you forgotten that this is spring cleaning time ? '' She knew it was useless to say that he had let many spring cleaning times pass . `` I ca n't come , '' she said apologetically , `` I have forgotten how to fly . '' `` I 'll soon teach you again . '' `` O Peter , do n't waste the fairy dust on me . '' She had risen ; and now at last a fear assailed him . `` What is it ? '' he cried , shrinking . `` I will turn up the light , '' she said , `` and then you can see for yourself . '' For almost the only time in his life that I know of , Peter was afraid .
`` Do n't turn up the light , '' he XXXXX .
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