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If
anyone
peered
under
the
bushes
and
chanced
to
glimpse
human
flesh
it
might
be
Samneric
who
would
pretend
not
to
see
and
say
nothing
.
He
laid
his
cheek
against
the
chocolate-colored
earth
,
licked
his
dry
lips
and
closed
his
eyes
.
Under
the
thicket
,
the
earth
was
vibrating
very
slightly
;
or
perhaps
there
was
a
sound
beneath
the
obvious
thunder
of
the
fire
and
scribbled
ululations
that
was
too
low
to
hear
.
Someone
cried
out
.
Ralph
jerked
his
cheek
off
the
earth
and
looked
into
the
dulled
light
.
They
must
be
near
now
,
he
thought
,
and
his
chest
began
to
thump
.
Hide
,
break
the
line
,
climb
a
tree
--
which
was
the
best
after
all
?
The
trouble
was
you
only
had
one
chance
.
Now
the
fire
was
nearer
;
those
volleying
shots
were
great
limbs
,
trunks
even
,
bursting
.
The
fools
!
The
fools
!
The
fire
must
be
almost
at
the
fruit
trees
--
what
would
they
eat
tomorrow
?
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Ralph
stirred
restlessly
in
his
narrow
bed
.
One
chanced
nothing
!
What
could
they
do
?
Beat
him
?
So
what
?
Kill
him
?
A
stick
sharpened
at
both
ends
.
The
cries
,
suddenly
nearer
,
jerked
him
up
.
He
could
see
a
striped
savage
moving
hastily
out
of
a
green
tangle
,
and
coming
toward
the
mat
where
he
hid
,
a
savage
who
carried
a
spear
.
Ralph
gripped
his
fingers
into
the
earth
.
Be
ready
now
,
in
case
.
Ralph
fumbled
to
hold
his
spear
so
that
it
was
point
foremost
;
and
now
he
saw
that
the
stick
was
sharpened
at
both
ends
.
The
savage
stopped
fifteen
yards
away
and
uttered
his
cry
.
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Perhaps
he
can
hear
my
heart
over
the
noises
of
the
fire
.
Do
n't
scream
.
Get
ready
.
The
savage
moved
forward
so
that
you
could
only
see
him
from
the
waist
down
.
That
was
the
butt
of
his
spear
.
Now
you
could
see
him
from
the
knee
down
.
Do
n't
scream
.
A
herd
of
pigs
came
squealing
out
of
the
greenery
behind
the
savage
and
rushed
away
into
the
forest
.
Birds
were
screaming
,
mice
shrieking
,
and
a
little
hopping
thing
came
under
the
mat
and
cowered
.