On the other side of the creek there was a rustle in the long grass.

The two women heard it, and listened for a while in startled silence.

"I shall go," said Nina, in a cautious but intense whisper.

"What is your hate or your revenge to me ?" She moved towards the house, Mrs.Almayer clinging to her and trying to pull her back.
"Stop, you shall not go!" she gasped.
Nina pushed away her mother impatiently and gathered up her skirts for a quick run, but Mrs.Almayer ran forward and turned round, facing her daughter with outstretched arms.
"If you move another step," she exclaimed, breathing quickly, "I shall cry out.

Do you see those lights in the big house?
There sit two white men, angry because they cannot have the blood of the man you love.