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

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Tatiana Wolfe

27 April, 04:29

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

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Gracie Bridges · Answer 1

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.