Misguided man though he was , we may be glad , without sympathising with him , that in the end he was true to the traditions of his race . The other boys were flying around him now , flouting , scornful ; and as he staggered about the deck striking up at them impotently , his mind was no longer with them ; it was slouching in the playing fields of long ago , or being sent up for good , or watching the wall-game from a famous wall . And his shoes were right , and his waistcoat was right , and his tie was right , and his socks were right . James Hook , thou not wholly unheroic figure , farewell . For we have come to his last moment . Seeing Peter slowly advancing upon him through the air with dagger poised , he sprang upon the bulwarks to cast himself into the sea . He did not know that the crocodile was waiting for him ; for we purposely stopped the clock that this knowledge might be spared him : a little mark of respect from us at the end . He had one last triumph , which I think we need not grudge him . As he stood on the bulwark looking over his shoulder at Peter gliding through the air , he invited him with a gesture to use his foot . It made Peter kick instead of stab . At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved . ` Bad form , ' he cried jeeringly , and went content to the crocodile . Thus perished James Hook . ` Seventeen , ' Slightly sang out ; but he was not quite correct in his figures . Fifteen paid the penalty for their crimes that night ; but two reached the shore : Starkey to be captured by the redskins , who made him nurse for all their papooses , a melancholy come-down for a pirate ; and Smee , who henceforth wandered about the world in his spectacles , making a precarious living by saying he was the only man that Jas . Hook had feared . Wendy , of course , had stood by taking no part in the fight , though watching Peter with glistening eyes ; but now that all was over she became prominent again . She praised them equally , and shuddered delightfully when Michael showed her the place where he had killed one ; and then she took them into Hook 's cabin and pointed to his watch which was hanging on a nail . It said ` half-past one ' ! The lateness of the hour was almost the biggest thing of all .
She XXXXX them to bed in the pirates ' bunks pretty quickly , you may be sure ; all but Peter , who strutted up and down on deck , until at last he fell asleep by the side of Long Tom .
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