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Saying that some one has been taken short means that they have gone to the toilet.
Fleeing from Jack and his hunters Ralph stumbled onto the beach, near the shelters, and was confronted by a naval officer. Jack and his hunters also emerged from the jungle a short distance behind Ralph but immediately stopped their pursuit of Ralph on sighting the officer. You might therefore say that the arrival of the officer saved Ralph from Jack and his hunters. However the officer was only there because his ship had sighted the smoke coming from the island. The smoke came from the out of control fire which Jack had lit to try and drive Ralph from his hiding place. So, with typical Golding irony the fire which Jack lit in an effort to kill Ralph proved to be Ralph's salvation.
His hair is starting to grow long, and as a result, stabs his eyes annoyingly
In the novel it is mentioned that Ralph has lived in a succession of houses, as his father has moved to different naval bases. Ralph does remember one particular cottage in Devonport, on the edge of the moors, where... "Wild ponies came to the stone wall at the bottom of the garden, and it has snowed."
Ralph Guglielmi was born on 1933-06-26.