`` Now , '' said Dan , `` I 'll count , and when I say three you pitch in , and hammer each other until one of you has had enough . Cecily , keep quiet . Now , one -- two -- three ! '' Peter and Felix `` pitched in , '' with more zeal than discretion on both sides . As a result , Peter got what later developed into a black eye , and Felix 's nose began to bleed . Cecily gave a shriek and ran out of the wood . We thought she had fled because she could not endure the sight of blood , and we were not sorry , for her manifest disapproval and anxiety were damping the excitement of the occasion . Felix and Peter drew apart after that first onset , and circled about one another warily . Then , just as they had come to grips again , Uncle Alec walked around the corner of the granary , with Cecily behind him . He was not angry . There was a quizzical look in his eyes . But he took the combatants by their shirt collars and dragged them apart . `` This stops right here , boys , '' he said . `` You know I do n't allow fighting . '' `` Oh , but Uncle Alec , it was this way , '' began Felix eagerly . `` Peter -- '' `` No , I do n't want to hear about it , '' said Uncle Alec sternly . `` I do n't care what you were fighting about , but you must settle your quarrels in a different fashion . Remember my commands , Felix . Peter , Roger is looking for you to wash his buggy . Be off . ''
Peter went off rather sullenly , and Felix , also sullenly , sat down and began XXXXX nurse his nose .
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