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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: preponderance of rice diet on the family table. She lived with
Almayer in the little house (now sadly decaying) built originally
by Lingard for the young couple. The Malays eagerly discussed
her arrival. There were at the beginning crowded levees of Malay
women with their children, seeking eagerly after "Ubat" for all
the ills of the flesh from the young Mem Putih. In the cool of
the evening grave Arabs in long white shirts and yellow
sleeveless jackets walked slowly on the dusty path by the
riverside towards Almayer's gate, and made solemn calls upon that
Unbeliever under shallow pretences of business, only to get a
glimpse of the young girl in a highly decorous manner. Even
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