 Morgan returns to Matareva during World War II, where he reconciles with Cobbett, who has become a friend and teacher to the islanders, and meets Turia.She falls in love with an American Air Force pilot, Harry Faber, after he crash-lands his cargo plane in the lagoon.An interesting irony is that when Morgan first arrived, Cobbett tried to force him to leave the island lest he get an island girl pregnant.