` At once , ' Wendy replied resolutely , for the horrible thought had come to her : ` Perhaps mother is in half mourning by this time . ' This dread made her forgetful of what must be Peter 's feelings , and she said to him rather sharply , ` Peter , will you make the necessary arrangements ? ' ` If you wish it , ' , he replied , as coolly as if she had asked him to pass the nuts . -LSB- Illustration : WENDY 'S STORY -RSB- Not so much as a sorry-to-lose-you between them ! If she did not mind the parting , he was going to show her , was Peter , that neither did he . But of course he cared very much ; and he was so full of wrath against grown-ups , who , as usual , were spoiling everything , that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed intentionally quick short breaths at the rate of about five to a second . He did this because there is a saying in the Neverland that , every time you breathe , a grown-up dies ; and Peter was killing them off vindictively as fast as possible . Then having given the necessary instructions to the redskins he returned to the home , where an unworthy scene had been enacted in his absence . Panic-stricken at the thought of losing Wendy the lost boys had advanced upon her threateningly . ` It will be worse than before she came , ' they cried . ` We sha n't let her go . ' ` Let 's keep her prisoner . ' ` Ay , chain her up . ' In her extremity an instinct told her to which of them to turn . ` Tootles , ' she cried , ' I appeal to you . ' Was it not strange ? she appealed to Tootles , quite the silliest one . Grandly , however , did Tootles respond . For that one moment he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity . ' I am just Tootles , ' he said , ` and nobody minds me .
But the first who does not behave to XXXXX like an English gentleman I will blood him severely . '
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