`` How do you mean ? '' `` I cut off a bit of him . '' `` You ! '' `` Yes , me , '' said Peter sharply . `` I was n't meaning to be disrespectful . '' `` Oh , all right . '' `` But , I say , what bit ? '' `` His right hand . '' `` Then he ca n't fight now ? '' `` Oh , ca n't he just ! '' `` Left-hander ? '' `` He has an iron hook instead of a right hand , and he claws with it . '' `` Claws ! '' `` I say , John , '' said Peter . `` Yes . '' `` Say , ` Ay , ay , sir . ' '' `` Ay , ay , sir . '' `` There is one thing , '' Peter continued , `` that every boy who serves under me has to promise , and so must you . '' John paled . `` It is this , if we meet Hook in open fight , you must leave him to me . ''
`` I promise , '' XXXXX said loyally .
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