You may tell him so.

What is your business with me, after all ?" "To-morrow we talk, Tuan, now I know you," answered the Malay.

"I speak English a little, so we can talk and nobody will understand, and then--" He interrupted himself suddenly, asking surprised, "What's that noise, Tuan ?" Almayer had also heard the increasing noise of the scuffle recommenced on the women's side of the curtain.

Evidently Nina's strong curiosity was on the point of overcoming Mrs.Almayer's exalted sense of social proprieties.

Hard breathing was distinctly audible, and the curtain shook during the contest, which was mainly physical, although Mrs.
Almayer's voice was heard in angry remonstrance with its usual want of strictly logical reasoning, but with the well-known richness of invective.
"You shameless woman! Are you a slave ?" shouted shrilly the irate matron.