Chapters 24 through 27 Summary

Victor joins Talky in his hotel room where Talky notes that Aster says one of the ships sank by the Devilfish under his command was a disguised hospital ship. Victor asks Talky to forget he heard the story, fearing the crew of the Devilfish would be court-martialed for firing on a ship that appeared to be a medical ship. Talky says he has already made that promise and asks Victor for information. Victor will tell him only that he should remain in Honolulu, but will give him no details. When Pamela joins them, she is suddenly warmer to Pug. She tells him she loves him, she's made plans to remain in Honolulu and the only way she will leave is for him to tell her to do so. Pug says he wants her to stay but warns her they are headed...