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he was never more sinister

than when he was most polite

Created on 2006-12-17 03:27:18 (#11840991), last updated 2007-09-05

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Name:	Captain Jas. Hook
Birthdate:	04-09
Website:	Polychromatic

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In the midst of them, the blackest and largest in that dark setting, reclined James Hook, or as he wrote himself, Jas. Hook, of whom it is said he was the only man the Sea-Cook feared. He lay at ease in a rough chariot drawn and propelled by his men, and instead of a right hand he had the iron hook with which ever and anon he encouraged them to increase their pace. ... In person he was cadaverous and blackavized, and his hair was dressed in long curls, which at a little distance looked like black candles, and gave a singularly threatening expression to his handsome countenance. His eyes were the blue of the forget-me-not, and of a profound melancholy, save when he was plunging his hook into you, at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly. In manner, something of the grand seigneur still clung to him, so that he even ripped you up with an air, and I have been told that he was a raconteur of repute. He was never more sinister than when he was most polite, which is probably the truest test of breeding; and the elegeance of his diction, even when he was swearing, no less than the distinction of his demeanour, showed him one of a different cast from his crew. A man of indomitable courage, ... In dress he somewhat aped the attire associated with the name of [King] Charles II, ... it said ... that he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts; and in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which enabled him to smoke two cigars at once.

But undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw.

Hook was not his true name. To reveal who he really was would even at this date set the country in a blaze; but at those who read between the lines must already have guessed, he had been at a famous public school. (That Oppidan died in a fire at Eton, James said, And Captain Hook was born at sea, said Jolly, Take the name, Jas. It suits you. Think of the hook as Exacalibur, King Arthur's magic sword.)

But above all he retained the passion for good form.

(The end, James punctuated many of his declarations with 'the end'. It had the effect of dropping the curtain on a moment he did not want the world to forget.)

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Captain Hook © J. M. Barrie, above all else.
Jason Isaacs belongs to himself.
Above excerpts from Peter Pan and Wendy, by J.M Barrie and Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by J.V. Hart.
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