 Jaffir runs to the ship with Hassim's ring and reports to Jorgenson.Mrs Travers is then persuaded to take the ring as a signal to Lingard..

Mrs Travers is rowed onto shore and reaches the stockade bearing a torch, where Lingard is there to receive her.Because she distrusts Jorgenson and does not realise the significance of the ring, she does not pass on to Lingard the message it represents.