He seemed to hear a stir in the house—listened—then stepped in noiselessly. … 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, what has been happening while Arsat tells his story?


A.The white man has been napping.
B.The Malays have been eating.
C. Arsat’s brother has been hiding.
D. Diamelen has been dying.