Hook tried to hearten them ; but like the dogs he had made them they showed him their fangs , and he knew that if he took his eyes off them now they would leap at him . `` Lads , '' he said , ready to cajole or strike as need be , but never quailing for an instant , `` I 've thought it out . There 's a Jonah aboard . '' `` Ay , '' they snarled , `` a man wi ' a hook . '' `` No , lads , no , it 's the girl . Never was luck on a pirate ship wi ' a woman on board . We 'll right the ship when she 's gone . '' Some of them remembered that this had been a saying of Flint 's . `` It 's worth trying , '' they said doubtfully . `` Fling the girl overboard , '' cried Hook ; and they made a rush at the figure in the cloak . `` There 's none can save you now , missy , '' Mullins hissed jeeringly . `` There 's one , '' replied the figure . `` Who 's that ? '' `` Peter Pan the avenger ! '' came the terrible answer ; and as he spoke Peter flung off his cloak . Then they all knew who 't was that had been undoing them in the cabin , and twice Hook essayed to speak and twice he failed . In that frightful moment I think his fierce heart broke . At last he cried , `` Cleave him to the brisket ! '' but without conviction . `` Down , boys , and at them ! ''
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