Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 35 - Ah, Annatoo!

In which an incorrigible Annatoo repeatedly betrays the fragile trust of the ship’s company through secret pilferings and mischief that baffle and vex those aboard, culminating in the alarming disappearance of the compass. Amidst mounting suspicion and discord, her strange affection and enmity towards the crew reveal the tangled undercurrents of shipboard life, while Samoa’s obliviousness to his spouse’s faults adds a poignant note of human folly.