JACK: It has to be names like at school doesn’t it? Otherwise we’ll all end up like a lot of savages. Come on you lot! Come on! RALPH: He’s right really. JACK: Who is? RALPH: Him. PIGGY: He’s right really. We have to have a meeting. JACK: Meetings are jolly useful of course. RALPH: Where do you say you were at …? JACK: Godstone. RALPH: Oh yes. JACK: Have you heard of it? RALPH: I think so.
MAURICE: We thrashed Audley Grange at rugby. ROGER: Completely annihilated them. SIMON: They did. It was quite horrible. RALPH: My dad says if you can run with the ball … JACK: Where do you play? Are you useful? RALPH: I’m a forward. I can run with the ball. I … (Jack is running for him.) Hey!
(With Jack chasing, the boys pass the conch like a rugby ball among them until eventually Jack tackles Ralph to the ground, forcing him to pass the conch to Piggy.) JACK: Not bad! You’re not bad! RALPH: Well … you know … only a genius …
PIGGY: When you’ve all fi nished runnin’ all over the place, maybe we can start doin’ things prop’ly because if all the grown-ups aren’t here, I mean, if there aren’t any, I mean, if the bombs have …
JACK: Shut up, can’t you? You stupid little boy! RALPH: Who’s going to be in charge? Will it be one person or – SIMON: You have to have a vote. PIGGY: You do. You have to have a vote.
