Struggling to survive, searching daily for food, the women grow slender. Their clothing becomes scanty rags.

Jamie, irresistibly drawn into a wild, passionate love with Mick, sees no longer an ignorant sailor, but an educated man. He gives no clue about himself.

Jim and Felicia attracted earlier, become involved. Jamie envies their love, knowing her love for Mick can only lead to heartbreak and disaster.

After a deadly typhoon, and Jim dying of infection, Mick leaves the island on friendly terms with the drug smugglers who hunt them to destroy witnesses. Later, rescued by the Navy, Jim survives; he and Felicia have a shipboard wedding.

In Tahiti, Jamie sees Mick taken in chains, to spend long years in prison. Broken hearted she leaves Tahiti and her mysterious love behind.