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• Story begins aboard a passenger ship.

• Ship is in the South Pacific Ocean.

• Ships destination is the Samoan Islands.
• Reader is introduced to Dr. and Mrs. Macphail.
• The Macphails talk about the Davidsons.

• Dr. Macphail is recovering from a war wound. Time is established, circa 1919.

Lines 48 - 179

• Dr. Macphail spots an island.

• Reader is introduced to Mrs. Davidson.

• Mrs. Davidson expresses opinions about the morality of the natives.
• The reader learns that the Davidsons are missionaries.

• It begins to rain.
• Maugham describes the personalities of the characters.

Lines 180 - 259

• The travelers go ashore.

• Davidson informs the group that there has been an outbreak of measles.

• The group will be confined to Pago Pago for ten days.
• There are no hotels in Pago Pago.

• Travelers take refuge above the local trading post.
• The reader is introduced to Horn.

• The reader is introduced to Thompson.

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