He got used even to that, and on those days kept quiet, although greatly alarmed by his wife's influence upon the girl.

Otherwise Nina adapted herself wonderfully to the circumstances of a half-savage and miserable life.

She accepted without question or apparent disgust the neglect, the decay, the poverty of the household, the absence of furniture, and the preponderance of rice diet on the family table.

She lived with Almayer in the little house (now sadly decaying) built originally by Lingard for the young couple.

The Malays eagerly discussed her arrival.