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1  Ralph took the conch from his hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
2  Piggy clasped his hands in apprehension.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
3  With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
4  Piggy fell against a rock and clutched it with both hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
5  Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
6  Ralph stood away from the pile and put the glasses into Piggy's groping hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
7  Piggy paused for breath and stroked the glistening thing that lay in Ralph's hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
8  Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
9  He bent down, took up a double handful of lukewarm water and rubbed the mess from his face.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
10  Piggy, partly recovered, pointed to the conch in Ralph's hands, and Jack and Simon fell silent.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
11  Now both his hands were clenched over his forehead so that the fair hair was kept out of his eyes.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
12  Ralph pushed both hands through his hair and looked at the little boy in mixed amusement and exasperation.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
13  Jack held out his hands for the conch and stood up, holding the delicate thing carefully in his sooty hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
14  Shorts, shirts, and different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
15  The small boy held out his hands for the conch and the assembly shouted with laughter; at once he snatched back his hands and started to cry.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
16  He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully, looked for something on which to clean them, then wiped them on his shorts and laughed.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
17  Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
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