`` Coddle her ! Nobody coddles me . Oh dear no ! I am only the breadwinner , why should I be coddled -- why , why , why ! '' `` George , '' Mrs. Darling entreated him , `` not so loud ; the servants will hear you . '' Somehow they had got into the way of calling Liza the servants . `` Let them ! '' he answered recklessly . `` Bring in the whole world . But I refuse to allow that dog to lord it in my nursery for an hour longer . '' The children wept , and Nana ran to him beseechingly , but he waved her back . He felt he was a strong man again . `` In vain , in vain , '' he cried ; `` the proper place for you is the yard , and there you go to be tied up this instant . '' `` George , George , '' Mrs. Darling whispered , `` remember what I told you about that boy . '' Alas , he would not listen . He was determined to show who was master in that house , and when commands would not draw Nana from the kennel , he lured her out of it with honeyed words , and seizing her roughly , dragged her from the nursery . He was ashamed of himself , and yet he did it . It was all owing to his too affectionate nature , which craved for admiration . When he had tied her up in the back-yard , the wretched father went and sat in the passage , with his knuckles to his eyes . In the meantime Mrs. Darling had put the children to bed in unwonted silence and lit their night-lights .
They could hear XXXXX barking , and John whimpered , `` It is because he is chaining her up in the yard , '' but Wendy was wiser .
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