` You did a little , ' Peter said carelessly , and continued to dance . ' A little ! ' she replied with hauteur ; ` 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 , ` Wendy , one girl is more use than twenty boys . ' Now Wendy was every inch a woman , though there were not very many inches , and she peeped out of the bedclothes . ` Do you really think so , Peter ? ' ` Yes , I do . ' ' I think it 's perfectly sweet of you , ' she declared , ` and I 'll get up again ' ; and she sat with him on the side of the bed . She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked , but Peter did not know what she meant , and he held out his hand expectantly . ` Surely you know what a kiss is ? ' she asked , aghast . ' I shall know when you give it to me , ' he replied stiffly ; and not to hurt his feelings she gave him a thimble . ` Now , ' said he , ` shall I give you a kiss ? ' and she replied with a slight primness , ` If you please . ' She made herself rather cheap by inclining her face toward him , but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand ; so she slowly returned her face to where it had been before , and said nicely that she would wear his kiss on the chain round her neck . It was lucky that she did put it on that chain , for it was afterwards to save her life .
When people in our set are introduced , it is customary for them to ask each other 's age , and so Wendy , who always liked to do the correct thing , asked XXXXX how old he was .
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