The scene opens with a description of the island and its inhabitants. The narrator tells us that the island is full of people who love to be on the sea, and that the people who live on the island are very fond of one another. He tells the audience that the sea is awash with life after a storm, which is why it is so full of life. He also tells us about a boy friend who has been chasing after the narrator, but he has not been able to catch up with him yet. The boy friend is not doing so well, and the narrator is jealous. He asks the boy friend to stop chasing after him, and he kisses him. He then tells the reader that he was saved from drowning by the man on the beach, but that the man did not stop thinking about him during dinner. He only had his eyes on the boy. He says that if there were someone he wanted to cut off ties with, he would ignore them, but if there was someone he would want to keep close, then he would try to follow them to the beach either.