`` Who is captain now ? '' `` Hook , '' answered Peter , and his face became very stern as he said that hated word . `` Jas . Hook ? '' `` Ay . '' Then indeed Michael began to cry , and even John could speak in gulps only , for they knew Hook 's reputation . `` He was Blackbeard 's bo ` sun , '' John whispered huskily . `` He is the worst of them all . He is the only man of whom Barbecue was afraid . '' `` That 's him , '' said Peter . `` What is he like ? Is he big ? '' `` He is not so big as he was . '' `` How do you mean ? '' `` I cut off a bit of him . '' `` You ! '' `` Yes , me , '' said Peter sharply . `` I was n't meaning to be disrespectful . '' `` Oh , all right . '' `` But , I say , what bit ? ''
`` His XXXXX hand . ''
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