i
- Helen moves in with Hector, and Achille tries to believe that she will come back.
- Achille's loneliness is overwhelming, but he avoids everyone so that he won't have to face Helen or Hector. Yeah, that's the trick…
- We learn that Hector sold his canoe to buy the transport van.
ii
- We get a glimpse of Hector's van, the Comet, with its leopard-skin seats.
- Hector left his fisherman's life because he felt that Helen still loved Achille, however he isn't doing so well as a driver, and he doesn't make any money in his new venture.
iii
- Time is passing: St. Lucia achieves independence from Britain, but it doesn't change the socioeconomic situation of those on the island.
- It has made a difference, we are told, to Plunkett, though, who loves the island but feels like an outsider.