“Maybe”, he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast.”

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23
The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23
“You, Simon? You believe in this?”

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23
“I don’t know,” said Simon.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23
His heartbeats were choking him.

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London Road, Forest Hill, Lewisham, SE23
From William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954)
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