"Aren't you going to swim?" Piggy shook his head. "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma-" "Sucks to your ass-mar!" Piggy bore this with a kind of humble patience. (William Golding)

"Aren't you going to swim?" Piggy shook his head. "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma-" "Sucks to your ass-mar!" Piggy bore this with a kind of humble patience.

William Golding

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