Horn awakens Dr. Macphail in the early hours of the day on which Thompson is scheduled to depart for San Francisco. Horn quietly and quickly escorts Dr. Macphail to the beach where he finds a group of natives standing around an object at the water's edge. As Dr. Macphail approaches he is horrified to realize the object is the body of Davidson. Dr. Macphail inspects the body and discovers that the throat is cut from ear to ear, and the razor is still clutched tightly in Davidson's dead hand. Davidson has been dead for several hours. The two men stand and smoke cigarettes and wait for the police. Horn wonders aloud why Davidson would have committed suicide. Dr. Macphail is noncommittal in his response. After the police arrive Dr. Macphail.....
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