This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch. Jack started to protest but the clamor changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself. None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size$$$ and attractive appearance; and most obscurely$$$ yet most powerfully$$$ there was the conch. The being that had blown that$$$ had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees$$$ was set apart.
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