` Perhaps I should have ironed it , ' Wendy said thoughtfully ; but Peter , boylike , was indifferent to appearances , and he was now jumping about in the wildest glee . Alas , he had already forgotten that he owed his bliss to Wendy . He thought he had attached the shadow himself . ` How clever I am , ' he crowed rapturously , ` oh , the cleverness of me ! ' It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities . To put it with brutal frankness , there never was a cockier boy . But for the moment Wendy was shocked . ` You conceit , ' she exclaimed , with frightful sarcasm ; ` of course I did nothing ! ' ` 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 XXXXX did not know what she meant , and he held out his hand expectantly .
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