`` I shall sew it on for you , my little man , '' she said , though he was tall as herself , and she got out her housewife -LSB- sewing bag -RSB- , and sewed the shadow on to Peter 's foot . `` I daresay it will hurt a little , '' she warned him . `` Oh , I sha n't cry , '' said Peter , who was already of the opinion that he had never cried in his life . And he clenched his teeth and did not cry , and soon his shadow was behaving properly , though still a little creased . `` Perhaps I should have ironed it , '' Wendy said thoughtfully , but Peter , boylike , was indifferent to appearances , and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee . Alas , he had already forgotten that he owed his bliss to Wendy . He thought he had attached the shadow himself . `` How clever I am ! '' he crowed rapturously , `` oh , the cleverness of me ! '' It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities . To put it with brutal frankness , there never was a cockier boy . But for the moment Wendy was shocked . `` You conceit -LSB- braggart -RSB- , '' she exclaimed , with frightful sarcasm ; `` of course I did nothing ! '' `` You did a little , '' Peter said carelessly , and continued to dance . `` A little ! '' she replied with hauteur -LSB- pride -RSB- ; `` if I am no use I can at least withdraw , '' and she sprang in the most dignified way into bed and covered her face with the blankets . To induce her to look up he pretended to be going away , and when this failed he sat on the end of the bed and tapped her gently with his foot . `` Wendy , '' he said , `` do n't withdraw . I ca n't help crowing , Wendy , when I 'm pleased with myself . '' Still she would not look up , though she was listening eagerly .
`` Wendy , '' he continued , in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist , `` XXXXX , one girl is more use than twenty boys . ''
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