He recognised Taminah, Bulangi's slave-girl, with her tray of cakes for sale--an apparition of daily recurrence and of no importance whatever.
She was going towards Almayer's house.

She could be made useful.

He roused himself up and ran towards the gate calling out, "Taminah O!" The girl stopped, hesitated, and came back slowly.
Reshid waited, signing to her impatiently to come nearer.
When near Reshid Taminah stood with downcast eyes.

Reshid looked at her a while before he asked-- "Are you going to Almayer's house?
They say in the settlement that Dain the trader, he that was found drowned this morning, is lying in the white man's campong." "I have heard this talk," whispered Taminah; "and this morning by the riverside I saw the body.

Where it is now I do not know." "So you have seen it ?" asked Reshid, eagerly.