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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  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
6  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
7  Instantly the fire was alight, Piggy held out his hands and grabbed the glasses back.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
8  Ralph stood among the ashes of the signal fire, his hands full of meat, saying nothing.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
9  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
10  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
11  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
12  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
13  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
14  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
15  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
16  Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down--like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
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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