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At once he found he could talk fluently

"Hands up. Like at school"

Ralph was annoyed and, for the moment, defeated

"My father's in the navy and he says there are no unknown islands left."

Ralph was on his feet too, shouting for quiet, but no one heard him

"we ought to have more rules"

The knowledge and awe made him savage

Ralph muttered the reply as if in shame. "maybe he went back to the, the-"

"so we need shelters as a sort of- home"

He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you thought they were