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The title of the story is a reference to the fact that Guy has lived with this native woman and that was the circumstance, but then he meets this new woman and tries to hide his past from her. Doris then finds out about his past and can no longer accept the circumstances and leaves him.

In it says that Guy "surrendered". This refers to the fact that Guy in the end of the story surrenders to the circumstances of his situation. It is insinuated that he in a sense gives up (or gives in) by letting the Malay woman move back in. He tried to live the life he would have if he was in England but in the end it does not work out for him and he settles for the Malay woman instead.

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Children
Doris cannot accept the fact that Guy had three mixed-raced children with the Malay woman. She says that if he had only had two children she might have been able to live with it, but she does not feel like she belongs to him because he belongs with them.

Part of the reason why Doris cannot accept the children is because they are mixed-raced and another is the fact that some of them are old enough to understand that Guy is their father and they would be very affected by him missing.

Time
The fact that he lived with the malay woman for so many years.

Native
Doris cannot accept the fact that Guy has been with a native woman. She is discusted by him and can no longer sleep in their bed without thinking of him being there with the malay woman.

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Somerset Maugham The force of circumstance

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He accepts the fact that Doris does not love him anymore, even though it is not what he wants. He surrenders to her feelings.

He needs security and company otherwise he would feel lonely and he also lets the native woman live with him again which adds to the fact that he needs someone in his life, otherwise he can not function properly.
He says this in the beginning of the text:
Furthermore, he also lets the Malay woman and her children move in very quickly after Doris moved back to England, which supports the point even more.