`` You did a little , '' Peter said carelessly , and continued to dance . `` A little ! '' she replied with hauteur -LSB- pride -RSB- ; `` if I am no use I can at least withdraw , '' and she sprang in the most dignified way into bed and covered her face with the blankets . To induce her to look up he pretended to be going away , and when this failed he sat on the end of the bed and tapped her gently with his foot . `` Wendy , '' he said , `` do n't withdraw . I ca n't help crowing , Wendy , when I 'm pleased with myself . '' Still she would not look up , though she was listening eagerly . `` Wendy , '' he continued , in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist , `` Wendy , one girl is more use than twenty boys . '' Now Wendy was every inch a woman , though there were not very many inches , and she peeped out of the bed-clothes . `` Do you really think so , Peter ? '' `` Yes , I do . '' `` I think it 's perfectly sweet of you , '' she declared , `` and I 'll get up again , '' and she sat with him on the side of the bed . She also said she would give him a kiss if he liked , but Peter did not know what she meant , and he held out his hand expectantly . `` Surely you know what a kiss is ? '' she asked , aghast . `` I shall know when you give it to me , '' he replied stiffly , and not to hurt his feeling she gave him a thimble . `` Now , '' said he , `` shall I give you a kiss ? '' and she replied with a slight primness , `` If you please . '' She made herself rather cheap by inclining her face toward him , but he merely dropped an acorn button into her hand , so she slowly returned her face to where it had been before , and said nicely that she would wear his kiss on the chain around her neck . It was lucky that she did put it on that chain , for it was afterwards to save her life .
When people in our set are introduced , it is customary for them to ask each other 's age , and so XXXXX , who always liked to do the correct thing , asked Peter how old he was .
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