She had dressed early because Wendy so loved to see her in her evening-gown , with the necklace George had given her . She was wearing Wendy 's bracelet on her arm ; she had asked for the loan of it . Wendy so loved to lend her bracelet to her mother . She had found her two older children playing at being herself and father on the occasion of Wendy 's birth , and John was saying : ' I am happy to inform you , Mrs. Darling , that you are now a mother , ' in just such a tone as Mr. Darling himself may have used on the real occasion . Wendy had danced with joy , just as the real Mrs. Darling must have done . Then John was born , with the extra pomp that he conceived due to the birth of a male , and Michael came from his bath to ask to be born also , but John said brutally that they did not want any more . Michael had nearly cried . ` Nobody wants me , ' he said , and of course the lady in evening-dress could not stand that . ' I do , ' she said , ' I so want a third child . ' ` Boy or girl ? ' asked Michael , not too hopefully . ` Boy . ' Then he had leapt into her arms . Such a little thing for Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana to recall now , but not so little if that was to be Michael 's last night in the nursery . They go on with their recollections . ` It was then that I rushed in like a tornado , was n't it ? ' Mr. Darling would say , scorning himself ; and indeed he had been like a tornado . Perhaps there was some excuse for him . He , too , had been dressing for the party , and all had gone well with him until he came to his tie . It is an astounding thing to have to tell , but this man , though he knew about stocks and shares , had no real mastery of his tie .
Sometimes the XXXXX yielded to him without a contest , but there were occasions when it would have been better for the house if he had swallowed his pride and used a made-up tie .
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