The corkscrew of Smee got Tootles in the fourth rib , but he was himself pinked -LSB- nicked -RSB- in turn by Curly . Farther from the rock Starkey was pressing Slightly and the twins hard . Where all this time was Peter ? He was seeking bigger game . The others were all brave boys , and they must not be blamed for backing from the pirate captain . His iron claw made a circle of dead water round him , from which they fled like affrighted fishes . But there was one who did not fear him : there was one prepared to enter that circle . Strangely , it was not in the water that they met . Hook rose to the rock to breathe , and at the same moment Peter scaled it on the opposite side . The rock was slippery as a ball , and they had to crawl rather than climb . Neither knew that the other was coming . Each feeling for a grip met the other 's arm : in surprise they raised their heads ; their faces were almost touching ; so they met . Some of the greatest heroes have confessed that just before they fell to -LSB- began combat -RSB- they had a sinking -LSB- feeling in the stomach -RSB- . Had it been so with Peter at that moment I would admit it . After all , he was the only man that the Sea-Cook had feared . But Peter had no sinking , he had one feeling only , gladness ; and he gnashed his pretty teeth with joy . Quick as thought he snatched a knife from Hook 's belt and was about to drive it home , when he saw that he was higher up the rock that his foe . It would not have been fighting fair . He gave the pirate a hand to help him up . It was then that Hook bit him .
Not the pain of this but its unfairness was what dazed XXXXX .
Peter Sea-Cook Starkey Tootles faces fourth gladness heads surprise twins