Gaurav Sagar’s Reviews > Lord of the Flies > Status Update

In the short chill of dawn the four boys gathered round the black smudge where the fire had been, while Ralph it. Ralph knelt and blew. Grey, feathery ashes scurried hither and shining thither at his breath but no spark shone among them. The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.

His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership, and the boys ate faster while there was still time. Seeing there was no immediate likelihood of a pause, Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass. He looked down from behind his paint at Ralph and Piggy. They moved a little further off over the sand and Ralph watched the fire as he ate.