With a hasty gesture he tried to hide it , but he was too late . `` Are they to die ? '' asked Wendy , with a look of such frightful contempt that he nearly fainted . `` They are , '' he snarled . `` Silence all , '' he called gloatingly , `` for a mother 's last words to her children . '' At this moment Wendy was grand . `` These are my last words , dear boys , '' she said firmly . `` I feel that I have a message to you from your real mothers , and it is this : ` We hope our sons will die like English gentlemen . ' '' Even the pirates were awed , and Tootles cried out hysterically , `` I am going to do what my mother hopes . What are you to do , Nibs ? '' `` What my mother hopes . What are you to do , Twin ? '' `` What my mother hopes . John , what are -- '' But Hook had found his voice again . `` Tie her up ! '' he shouted . It was Smee who tied her to the mast . `` See here , honey , '' he whispered , `` I 'll save you if you promise to be my mother . '' But not even for Smee would she make such a promise . `` I would almost rather have no children at all , '' she said disdainfully -LSB- scornfully -RSB- .
It is sad to know that not a boy was looking at her as XXXXX tied her to the mast ; the eyes of all were on the plank : that last little walk they were about to take .
English Hook John Nibs Smee Wendy boys gentlemen mast moment