Marlow, after exploring further, runs into a white man: “...a white companion, too, not a bad chap, but rather too fleshy…” (68). Marlow clearly makes a judgement about him and the white man is portrayed as overweight or “fleshy,” he seems to be out of place among the savage men and strong company workers (68). His diction, culturally specific to the Europeans, such a “chap,” makes the narration authentic, however, also relays a mocking tone. He seems removed in his description of the man, renaming him “white companion,” never once mentioning his name but leaving the subject vague and estranged with the only adjective being “white” (68). He goes further to say the white man had an “...exasperating habit of fainting on the hot hillsides, miles
