`` There 's a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us , '' Peter told him . `` If you like , we 'll go down and kill him . '' `` I do n't see him , '' John said after a long pause . `` I do . '' `` Suppose , '' John said , a little huskily , `` he were to wake up . '' Peter spoke indignantly . `` You do n't think I would kill him while he was sleeping ! I would wake him first , and then kill him . That 's the way I always do . '' `` I say ! Do you kill many ? '' `` Tons . '' John said `` How ripping , '' but decided to have tea first . He asked if there were many pirates on the island just now , and Peter said he had never known so many . `` 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 , '' XXXXX whispered huskily .
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