Why did the protagonist flee to the Island of Villings?

Villings Island was home to what dangers and risks? Were all these dangers real?

What were the five possibilities that the protagonist determined about the existence of the people who came to the island?

What three things did the main character feel he could do when he thought Faustine was going to sail away?

How did the invention of Morel work? What powered the invention and why did it fail to project the images at times?

How did the protagonist get trapped in the room where the invention's motors were housed? How did he escape?

What plan did the man ultimately devise that would keep him and Faustine together forever?