An abstract word are things like feelings, ideas, concepts and qualities
He was using his body language and gesticulation to make a digresion and push the speach in a new direction for a brief amount of time. Digresion is commonly used in public speaking when one is giving and example, introducing new topic, bringin a guest in, and so on.
Explanation:
the kitchen was very untidy.it smelt musty ,old and stale with not a trail of fry onions,or roast breadffuit or anything to eat.the gas stove did not work for there was no more gas and the cylinder which stood near it looked guilty and forlorn.the coal pot Doris used each time the gas ran out squats near to the door which lead outside.on the long counter were the remains of two mixing bowls and several and saucers.we had always thought that there were only two doors in the kitchen,the one which lead tobthe back garden amd the spare crockery, there was another small door.None of us had seen it before.we had no idea that such a splendid mystery awaited us in the kitchen
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>