Emmeline secretly ventures to the forbidden side of the island and sees the altar. She associates the blood on the altar with the blood of Christ's crucifixion, concludes that the altar is God, and tries to persuade Richard to go to the other side of the island to pray with her. Richard is shocked at the idea of breaking the Law. The two insult each other. Emmeline reveals that she knows about Richard's masturbation and threatens to tell her Uncle Arthur about it. They throw coconuts at each other, and one coconut hits Richard on the head.