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Castle Rock
Thetribemustbesittingroundtheguttedpig,watchingthefatoozeandburnamongtheashes.Theywouldbeintent.
Anotherfigure,anunrecognizableone,appearedbyRobertandgavehimsomething,thenturnedandwentbackbehindtherock.Robertlaidhisspearontherockbesidehimandbegantognawbetweenhisraisedhands.Sothefeastwasbeginningandthewatchmanhadbeengivenhisportion.
Ralphsawthatforthetimebeinghewassafe.Helimpedawaythroughthefruittrees,drawnbythethoughtofthepoorfoodyetbitterwhenherememberedthefeast.Feasttoday,andthentomorrow....
Hearguedunconvincinglythattheywouldlethimalone,perhapsevenmakeanoutlawofhim.Butthenthefatalunreasoningknowledgecametohimagain.ThebreakingoftheconchandthedeathsofPiggyandSimonlayovertheislandlikeavapor.Thesepaintedsavageswouldgofurtherandfurther.ThentherewasthatindefinableconnectionbetweenhimselfandJack;whothereforewouldneverlethimalone;never.
Hepaused,sun-flecked,holdingupabough,preparedtoduckunderit.Aspasmofterrorsethimshakingandhecriedaloud.
"No.They’renotasbadasthat.Itwasanaccident."
Heduckedunderthebough,ranclumsily,thenstoppedandlistened.
Hecametothesmashedacresoffruitandategreedily.Hesawtwolittlunsand,nothavinganyideaofhisownappearance,wonderedwhytheyscreamedandran.
