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Well
,
after
I
’
d
talked
to
her
I
sent
for
Strickland
,
and
I
said
to
him
:
’
Strickland
,
it
’
s
time
for
you
to
settle
down
.
A
man
of
your
age
shouldn
’
t
go
playing
about
with
the
girls
down
at
the
front
.
They
’
re
bad
lots
,
and
you
’
ll
come
to
no
good
with
them
.
You
’
ve
got
no
money
,
and
you
can
never
keep
a
job
for
more
than
a
month
or
two
.
No
one
will
employ
you
now
.
You
say
you
can
always
live
in
the
bush
with
one
or
other
of
the
natives
,
and
they
’
re
glad
to
have
you
because
you
’
re
a
white
man
,
but
it
’
s
not
decent
for
a
white
man
.
Now
,
listen
to
me
,
Strickland
.
’
"
Tiare
mingled
French
with
English
in
her
conversation
,
for
she
used
both
languages
with
equal
facility
.
She
spoke
them
with
a
singing
accent
which
was
not
unpleasing
.
You
felt
that
a
bird
would
speak
in
these
tones
if
it
could
speak
English
.
"
’
Now
,
what
do
you
say
to
marrying
Ata
?
She
’
s
a
good
girl
and
she
’
s
only
seventeen
.
She
’
s
never
been
promiscuous
like
some
of
these
girls
—
a
captain
or
a
first
mate
,
yes
,
but
she
’
s
never
been
touched
by
a
native
.
Elle
se
respecte
,
vois
-
tu
.
The
purser
of
the
Oahu
told
me
last
journey
that
he
hadn
’
t
met
a
nicer
girl
in
the
islands
.
It
’
s
time
she
settled
down
too
,
and
besides
,
the
captains
and
the
first
mates
like
a
change
now
and
then
.
I
don
’
t
keep
my
girls
too
long
.
She
has
a
bit
of
property
down
by
Taravao
,
just
before
you
come
to
the
peninsula
,
and
with
copra
at
the
price
it
is
now
you
could
live
quite
comfortably
.
There
’
s
a
house
,
and
you
’
d
have
all
the
time
you
wanted
for
your
painting
.
What
do
you
say
to
it
?
"
Tiare
paused
to
take
breath
.
"
It
was
then
he
told
me
of
his
wife
in
England
.
’
My
poor
Strickland
,
’
I
said
to
him
,
’
they
’
ve
all
got
a
wife
somewhere
;
that
is
generally
why
they
come
to
the
islands
.
Ata
is
a
sensible
girl
,
and
she
doesn
’
t
expect
any
ceremony
before
the
Mayor
.
She
’
s
a
Protestant
,
and
you
know
they
don
’
t
look
upon
these
things
like
the
Catholics
.
’
"
Then
he
said
:
’
But
what
does
Ata
say
to
it
?
’
’
It
appears
that
she
has
a
beguin
for
you
,
’
I
said
.
’
She
’
s
willing
if
you
are
.
Shall
I
call
her
?
’
He
chuckled
in
a
funny
,
dry
way
he
had
,
and
I
called
her
.
She
knew
what
I
was
talking
about
,
the
hussy
,
and
I
saw
her
out
of
the
corner
of
my
eyes
listening
with
all
her
ears
,
while
she
pretended
to
iron
a
blouse
that
she
had
been
washing
for
me
.
She
came
.
She
was
laughing
,
but
I
could
see
that
she
was
a
little
shy
,
and
Strickland
looked
at
her
without
speaking
.
"
"
Was
she
pretty
?
"
I
asked
.
"
Not
bad
.
But
you
must
have
seen
pictures
of
her
.
He
painted
her
over
and
over
again
,
sometimes
with
a
pareo
on
and
sometimes
with
nothing
at
all
.
Yes
,
she
was
pretty
enough
.
And
she
knew
how
to
cook
.
I
taught
her
myself
.
I
saw
Strickland
was
thinking
of
it
,
so
I
said
to
him
:
’
I
’
ve
given
her
good
wages
and
she
’
s
saved
them
,
and
the
captains
and
the
first
mates
she
’
s
known
have
given
her
a
little
something
now
and
then
.
She
’
s
saved
several
hundred
francs
.
’
"
He
pulled
his
great
red
beard
and
smiled
.
