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 got them to bed in the pirates ' bunks pretty quickly , you may be sure ; all but Peter , who strutted up and down on the deck , until at last he fell asleep by the side of Long Tom . He had one of his dreams that night , and cried in his sleep for a long time , and Wendy held him tightly . Chapter 16 THE RETURN HOME By three bells that morning they were all stirring their stumps -LSB- legs -RSB- ; for there was a big sea running ; and Tootles , the bo ` sun , was among them , with a rope 's end in his hand and chewing tobacco . They all donned pirate clothes cut off at the knee , shaved smartly , and tumbled up , with the true nautical roll and hitching their trousers . It need not be said who was the captain . Nibs and John were first and second mate . There was a woman aboard . The rest were tars -LSB- sailors -RSB- before the mast , and lived in the fo ` c ` sle .
XXXXX had already lashed himself to the wheel ; but he piped all hands and delivered a short address to them ; said he hoped they would do their duty like gallant hearties , but that he knew they were the scum of Rio and the Gold Coast , and if they snapped at him he would tear them .
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