` Peter , ' he said quietly , ' I will show her to you ' ; and when the others would still have hidden her he said , ` Back , twins , let Peter see . ' So they all stood back , and let him see , and after he had looked for a little time he did not know what to do next . ` She is dead , ' he said uncomfortably . ` Perhaps she is frightened at being dead . ' He thought of hopping off in a comic sort of way till he was out of sight of her , and then never going near the spot any more . They would all have been glad to follow if he had done this . But there was the arrow . He took it from her heart and faced his band . ` Whose arrow ? ' he demanded sternly . ` Mine , Peter , ' said Tootles on his knees . ` Oh , dastard hand , ' Peter said , and he raised the arrow to use it as a dagger . Tootles did not flinch . He bared his breast . ` Strike , Peter , ' he said firmly , ` strike true . ' Twice did Peter raise the arrow , and twice did his hand fall . ' I can not strike , ' he said with awe , ` there is something stays my hand . ' All looked at him in wonder , save Nibs , who fortunately looked at Wendy . ` It is she , ' he cried , ` the Wendy lady ; see , her arm . ' Wonderful to relate , Wendy had raised her arm .
XXXXX bent over her and listened reverently . '
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