toldmefurtherthathedidn’tknowwhatmadehimhangon——butofcoursewemayguess。Hesympathizeddeeplywiththedefencelessgirl，atthemercyofthat“mean，cowardlyscoundrel。“ItappearsCorneliusledheranawfullife，stoppingonlyshortofactualill-usage，forwhichhehadnotthepluck，Isuppose。Heinsisteduponhercallinghimfather——“andwithrespect，too——withrespect，“hewouldscream，shakingalittleyellowfistinherface。“Iamarespectableman，andwhatareyou？Tellme——whatareyou？YouthinkIamgoingtobringupsomebodyelse’schildandnottobetreatedwithrespect？YououghttobegladIletyou。
Come——say，Yes，father……No？……Youwaitabit。“Thereuponhewouldbegintoabusethedeadwoman，tillthegirlwouldrunoffwithherhandstoherhead。Hepursuedher，dashinginandoutandroundthehouseandamongstthesheds，woulddriveherintosomecorner，whereshewouldfallonherkneesstoppingherears，andthenhewouldstandatadistanceanddeclaimfilthydenunciationatherbackforhalfanhouratastretch。
“Yourmotherwasadevil，adeceitfuldevil——andyou，too，areadevil，“
hewouldshriekinafinaloutburst，pickupabitofdryearthorahandfulofmudtherewasplentyofmudaroundthehouse，andflingitintoherhair。Sometimes，though，shewouldholdoutfullofscorn，confrontinghiminsilence，herfacesombreandcontracted，andonlynowandthenutteringawordortwothatwouldmaketheotherjumpandwrithewiththesting。
Jimtoldmethesesceneswereterrible。Itwasindeedastrangethingtocomeuponinawilderness。Theendlessnessofsuchasubtlycruelsituationwasappalling——ifyouthinkofit。TherespectableCorneliusInchi’NelyustheMalayscalledhim，withagrimacethatmeantmanythingswasamuchdisappointedman。Idon’tknowwhathehadexpectedwouldbedoneforhiminconsiderationofhismarriage；butevidentlythelibertytosteal，andembezzle，andappropriatetohimselfformanyyearsandinanywaythatsuitedhimbest，thegoodsofStein’sTradingCompanySteinkeptthesupplyupunfalteringlyaslongashecouldgethisskipperstotakeitthere