# Quote — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

> At this sight the great heart of Hook breaks. That not wholly unheroic figure climbs the bulwarks murmuring "Floreat Etona," and prostrates himself into the water, where the Crocodile is waiting for him open-mouthed. Hook knows the purpose of this yawning cavity, but after what he has gone through he enters it like greeting a friend.

- Author: [J.M. Barrie](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jm-barrie.md)
- Book: [Peter Pan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jm-barrie/peter-pan.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Pan#Quotes_from_the_play_Peter_Pan) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jm-barrie/peter-pan/at-this-sight

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