But if it was the same one , it was Peter Pan 's light . Heaps of children have seen the fight , so that is nothing . But Maimie Mannering was the famous one for whom the house was first built . Maimie was always rather a strange girl , and it was at night that she was strange . She was four years of age , and in the daytime she was the ordinary kind . She was pleased when her brother Tony , who was a magnificent fellow of six , took notice of her , and she looked up to him in the right way , and tried in vain to imitate him and was flattered rather than annoyed when he shoved her about . Also , when she was batting she would pause though the ball was in the air to point out to you that she was wearing new shoes . She was quite the ordinary kind in the daytime . But as the shades of night fell , Tony , the swaggerer , lost his contempt for Maimie and eyed her fearfully , and no wonder , for with dark there came into her face a look that I can describe only as a leary look . It was also a serene look that contrasted grandly with Tony 's uneasy glances . Then he would make her presents of his favourite toys -LRB- which he always took away from her next morning -RRB- and she accepted them with a disturbing smile . The reason he was now become so wheedling and she so mysterious was -LRB- in brief -RRB- that they knew they were about to be sent to bed . It was then that Maimie was terrible . Tony entreated her not to do it to-night , and the mother and their coloured nurse threatened her , but Maimie merely smiled her agitating smile . And by-and-by when they were alone with their night-light she would start up in bed crying `` Hsh ! what was that ? '' Tony beseeches her ! `` It was nothing -- do n't , Maimie , do n't ! '' and pulls the sheet over his head . `` It is coming nearer ! ''
she cries ; `` Oh , look at it , XXXXX !
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