` I 've heard , ' muttered Mullins , ` he always boards the pirate craft at last . Had he a tail , captain ? ' ` They say , ' said another , looking viciously at Hook , ` that when he comes it 's in the likeness of the wickedest man aboard . ' ` Had he a hook , captain ? ' asked Cookson insolently ; and one after another took up the cry , ` The ship 's doomed . ' At this the children could not resist raising a cheer . Hook had well-nigh forgotten his prisoners , but as he swung round on them now his face lit up again . ` Lads , ' he cried to his crew , ` here 's a notion . Open the cabin door and drive them in . Let them fight the doodle-doo for their lives . If they kill him , we 're so much the better ; if he kills them , we 're none the worse . ' For the last time his dogs admired Hook , and devotedly they did his bidding . The boys , pretending to struggle , were pushed into the cabin and the door was closed on them . ` Now , listen , ' cried Hook , and all listened . But not one dared to face the door . Yes , one , Wendy , who all this time had been bound to the mast . It was for neither a scream nor a crow that she was watching ; it was for the reappearance of Peter . She had not long to wait . In the cabin he had found the thing for which he had gone in search : the key that would free the children of their manacles ; and now they all stole forth , armed with such weapons as they could find . First signing to them to hide , Peter cut Wendy 's bonds , and then nothing could have been easier than for them all to fly off together ; but one thing barred the way , an oath , ` Hook or me this time . '
So when he had freed XXXXX , he whispered to her to conceal herself with the others , and himself took her place by the mast , her cloak around him so that he should pass for her .
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