I would say that it was the sentence that said"
''He lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way.'" that shows that he is contemplating his life, plzzzzz mark as brainliest :)
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: "<span>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. </span>
Tour de france is the famous bike race in eurpoe