In the story, Mutiny, the narrator is an officer back at Admiral Kester's headquarters at Noumea. It is July, 1942 in the southern winter, and Norfolk Island is only about ten square miles, with a perfect place for an airstrip on the central plateau. This story is somewhat unique in the book in the richness of its references to the history of the famous mutiny on the ship Bounty. The story also refers to the movie on the same subject. This is a foreshadowing of the story, "The Strike" where the harsh commanding officer is compared with the Bounty's Captain Bligh. The wild Lt. Tony Fry is introduced as he is in the middle of a sexual relationship with Lucy, a dull under-aged girl, foreshadowing Tony Fry's future romantic escapades.
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