decides that he cannot stay on the platform by himself. He starts back toward Rock. On the way, he meets the of the Flies and knocks the off the stick and takes the with him as a weapon. When reaches Rock, he talks to , who are guarding the entrance. They have joined ’s tribe because tortured them. They warn that the following day all the boys are going to hunt him. They tell that they are going to sweep the island and find him. They tell him that has sharpened a at both ends.

tells the twins that he will hide in the thicket near where was killed. He asks the to keep the hunt away from him. One of the twins gives a piece of before he leaves.

All does not go as planned, however. are once again tortured by . During this bout of torture they give up ’s hiding spot. and Roger drop big rocks on the spot and eventually try to smoke out with . runs out, trying to decide whether he should or climb a tree.

Because the boys had set the island on , a British Naval arrives to rescue the boys. When comes out of the forest, he sees an . The naval officer asks who is boss, and says he is. The officer passes off what was happening on the island as a bit of “[f]un and .”