Me very good girl.

Me take plenty care of you." The unexpected sound of her own language, in the midst of so much unmitigated savagery, took Muriel fairly by surprise.

She looked hard at the girl, but thought it wisest to answer nothing.

This particular young woman, indeed, was just as dark, and to all appearance just as much of a savage, as any of the rest of them.

But she could speak English, at any rate! And she said she was to be Muriel's servant! The chief led them back to the shore, talking volubly all the way in Polynesia to Felix.