- Once Karky starts after him, Tommo realizes the jig is up. The Typee want to further ensconce him in the valley, and he just wants to go home.
- Although Tommo enjoys the friendship of Kory-Kory, and the beauty and devotion of Fayaway, he's becoming increasingly aware of his limitations and captivity.
- His leg begins to bother him again, and this motivates him to find a way out.
- Something else motivates him too: the discovery of one of the little hanging sacks in Marheyo's house, and what it holds: three preserved heads. Two are that of islanders, but the third is a white man's (eek!).
- Tommo's worries increase, and his mind races with the very many tales of cannibalism and murder he has heard.
- Soon after this discovery, the sounds of another battle break out. The Typee warriors return to the Ti with the bodies of their Happar enemies. Kory-Kory requests that Tommo leave, and so he does so slowly, trying to get a look at what was going on, but to no avail.
- The next day, the festival alarms are sounded. While the rest of the household leaves, Kory-Kory stays to babysit Tommo and keeps him away from the Ti the rest of the day.
- The next day, everything seems to have returned to normal, and Tommo is allowed back to the Ti.
- On his way out, he sees the banquet vessel, which recognizes from the last festival. It is draped in tappa,
- and Tommo raises a corner of the cover to reveal a human skeleton. Kory-Kory tries to convince him it's a pig, but Tommo only pretends to believe him.
- The cannibalism has been confirmed, and Tommo understands that he must leave.