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1Captain Pan calculated, after consulting the ship's chart, that if this weather lasted they should strike the Azores
2about the 21st of June, after which it would save time to fly. Some of them wanted it to be an honest ship and others
3were in favour of keeping it a pirate; but the captain treated them as dogs, and they dared not express their wishes to
4him even in a round robin. Instant obedience was the only safe thing. Slightly got a dozen for looking perplexed when
5told to take soundings. The general feeling was that Peter was honest just now to lull Wendy's suspicions, but that
6there might be a change when the new suit was ready, which, against her will, she was making for him out of some of
7Hook's wickedest garments. It was afterwards whispered among them that on the first night he wore this suit he sat long
8in the cabin with Hook's cigar-holder in his mouth and one hand clenched, all but for the forefinger, which he bent and
9held threateningly aloft like a hook. Instead of watching the ship, however, we must now return to that desolate home
10from which three of our characters had taken heartless flight so long ago. It seems a shame to have neglected No. 14 all
11this time; and yet we may be sure that Mrs. Darling does not blame us. If we had returned sooner to look with sorrowful
12sympathy at her, she would probably have cried, "Don't be silly; what do I matter? Do go back and keep an eye on the
13children." So long as mothers are like this their children will take advantage of them; and they may lay to that. Even
14now we venture into that familiar nursery only because its lawful occupants are on their way home; we are merely
15hurrying on in advance of them to see that their beds are properly aired and that Mr. and Mrs. Darling do not go out for
16the evening. We are no more than servants. Why on earth should their beds be properly aired, seeing that they left them
17in such a thankless hurry? Would it not serve them jolly well right if they came back and found that their parents were
18spending the week-end in the country? It would be the moral lesson they have been in need of ever since we met them; but
19if we contrived things in this way Mrs. Darling would never forgive us. One thing I should like to do immensely, and
20that is to tell her, in the way authors have, that the children are coming back, that indeed they will be here on
21Thursday week. This would spoil so completely the surprise to which Wendy and John and Michael are looking forward. They
22have been planning it out on the ship: mother's rapture, father's shout of joy, Nana's leap through the air to embrace
23them first, when what they ought to be prepared for is a good hiding. How delicious to spoil it all by breaking the news
24in advance; so that when they enter grandly Mrs. Darling may not even offer Wendy her mouth, and Mr. Darling may exclaim
25pettishly, "Dash it all, here are those boys again." However, we should get no thanks even for this. We are beginning to
26know Mrs. Darling by this time, and may be sure that she would upbraid us for depriving the children of their little
27pleasure. "But, my dear madam, it is ten days till Thursday week; so that by telling you what's what, we can save you
28ten days of unhappiness." "Yes, but at what a cost! By depriving the children of ten minutes of delight." "Oh, if you
29look at it in that way!" "What other way is there in which to look at it?" You see, the woman had no proper spirit. I
30had meant to say extraordinarily nice things about her; but I despise her, and not one of them will I say now. She does
31not really need to be told to have things ready, for they are ready. All the beds are aired, and she never leaves the
32house, and observe, the window is open. For all the use we are to her, we might well go back to the ship. However, as we
33are here we may as well stay and look on. That is all we are, lookers-on. Nobody really wants us. So let us watch and
34say jaggy things, in the hope that some of them will hurt. The only change to be seen in the night-nursery is that
35between nine and six the kennel is no longer there. When the children flew away, Mr. Darling felt in his bones that all
36the blame was his for having chained Nana up, and that from first to last she had been wiser than he. Of course, as we
37have seen, he was quite a simple man; indeed he might have passed for a boy again if he had been able to take his
38baldness off; but he had also a noble sense of justice and a lion's courage to do what seemed right to him; and having
39thought the matter out with anxious care after the flight of the children, he went down on all fours and crawled into
40the kennel. To all Mrs. Darling's dear invitations to him to come out he replied sadly but firmly: "No, my own one, this
41is the place for me." In the bitterness of his remorse he swore that he would never leave the kennel until his children
42came back. Of course this was a pity; but whatever Mr. Darling did he had to do in excess, otherwise he soon gave up
43doing it. And there never was a more humble man than the once proud George Darling, as he sat in the kennel of an
44evening talking with his wife of their children and all their pretty ways. Very touching was his deference to Nana. He
45would not let her come into the kennel, but on all other matters he followed her wishes implicitly. Every morning the
46kennel was carried with Mr. Darling in it to a cab, which conveyed him to his office, and he returned home in the same
47way at six. Something of the strength of character of the man will be seen if we remember how sensitive he was to the
48opinion of neighbours: this man whose every movement now attracted surprised attention. Inwardly he must have suffered
49torture; but he preserved a calm exterior even when the young criticised his little home, and he always lifted his hat
50courteously to any lady who looked inside. It may have been Quixotic, but it was magnificent. Soon the inward meaning of
51it leaked out, and the great heart of the public was touched. Crowds followed the cab, cheering it lustily; charming
52girls scaled it to get his autograph; interviews appeared in the better class of papers, and society invited him to
53dinner and added, "Do come in the kennel." On that eventful Thursday week, Mrs. Darling was in the night-nursery
54awaiting George's return home; a very sad-eyed woman. Now that we look at her closely and remember the gaiety of her in
55the old days, all gone now just because she has lost her babes, I find I won't be able to say nasty things about her
56after all. If she was too fond of her rubbishy children, she couldn't help it. Look at her in her chair, where she has
57fallen asleep. The corner of her mouth, where one looks first, is almost withered up. Her hand moves restlessly on her
58breast as if she had a pain there. Some like Peter best, and some like Wendy best, but I like her best. Suppose, to make
59her happy, we whisper to her in her sleep that the brats are coming back. They are really within two miles of the window
60now, and flying strong, but all we need whisper is that they are on the way. Let's. It is a pity we did it, for she has
61started up, calling their names; and there is no one in the room but Nana. "O Nana, I dreamt my dear ones had come
62back." Nana had filmy eyes, but all she could do was put her paw gently on her mistress's lap; and they were sitting
63together thus when the kennel was brought back. As Mr. Darling puts his head out to kiss his wife, we see that his face
64is more worn than of yore, but has a softer expression. He gave his hat to Liza, who took it scornfully; for she had no
65imagination, and was quite incapable of understanding the motives of such a man. Outside, the crowd who had accompanied
66the cab home were still cheering, and he was naturally not unmoved. "Listen to them," he said; "it is very gratifying."
67"Lots of little boys," sneered Liza.
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