The White Wife and the Brown 'Woman'

Masters, the trader at Fana 'alu, was walking up the beach to his / house, reading a letter which he had just received from the captain of a / passing vessel. It was from his employers in Sydney, -- 'We are confident / that Mrs Masters and yourself will do all you can to render the lady's / stay at Fana 'alu agreeable to her. You will find her husband, our new / supercargo, a very fine fellow, easy to get on with, and a thoroughly / honourable and conscientious business man.'

'Here, Melanie, old woman, where are you? ' he called, as he flung / himself lazily into a cane lounge on the verandah.