As eight bells are rung to signal that dinner is ready, Cargunka and the men hear, mysteriously, the sound of eight bells from the submerged, wrecked barque: "eight eldritch, sharp, thin-sounding strokes on a bell." The bell is visible now that the tide is lower, but there is no explanation for how it was rung. Cargunka and the men row out to the barque to investigate the bell, and find that its striker is missing. Uncomfortable near the dark and gloomy wreck, the men return to eat their meal. Jensag, however, disappears in the shore-punt. In the dark, the men hear him calling, but ignore him, drinking rum around the fire and singing and telling tall tales. The men again try sounding eight bells on the brig, to see if the echo from the "Laughing Sally" is repeated... and it is!