Question

The sun had risen. … The white man, standing gazing upwards before the doorway, heard in the hut a confused and broken murmur of distracted words ending with a loud groan. Suddenly Arsat stumbled out. … Then he said—

“She burns no more.”
Before his face the sun showed its edge above the tree-tops, rising steadily.
In “The Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, how long does it take Arsat to tell his story?


A. a few hours
B. a few seconds
C. all night
D. a few minutes

Answer 1

the answer is C. all night

Answer 2

Based on the excerpt from Joseph Conrad's "The Lagoon", I think that it takes Arsat all night to tell his story. I have inferred such due to the sentence: "Before his face the sun showed its edge above the tree-tops, rising steadily." This means that the sun has already risen. Arsat told a story about his past wherein he and Diamelen, escaped from the rajah's men.