Six weeks later the group reach the coast near a town where Sarina had friends who could furnish them a boat and provisions. Tarzan enters the town a night to get a sarong for Sarina. In the morning Sarina meets with Alauddin Shah, who gladly tells her where a boat is hidden. A month passes while the proa is provisioned. At last they depart in the middle of the night, Sarina at the helm.
Long days pass, then smoke is sighted on the horizon.
Unable to avoid detection, they watch an armed Japanese merchantman steaming toward them. The ship fires upon the proa. Prepared to fight to the death, the group stands ready. Jerry turns to Corrie and marries her by word and deed. She accepts his ring.