She told me she could not live without you," answered Almayer, speaking without the faintest spark of expression in his face, "so it behoves you to go to her quick, for fear you may find her dead." He burst into a loud and unpleasant laugh which made Dain stare at him with some apprehension, but got off the gunwale of the boat and moved slowly towards Nina, glancing up at the sun as he walked.
"And you go when the sun is overhead ?" he said.
"Yes, Tuan.

Then we go," answered Dain.
"I have not long to wait," muttered Almayer.

"It is most important for me to see you go.

Both of you.

Most important," he repeated, stopping short and looking at Dain fixedly.
He went on again towards Nina, and Dain remained behind.