"Fine--that's so!" He stared above the director's head for the space of two inhalations from his cigarette, imbuing Merton Gill with gratitude that he need not smoke again that day.

"But say, look here, how about your love interest ?" Henshaw waved this aside with his own cigarette and began to make marks on the back of an envelope.

"Easy enough--Belmore can fix that up.

We talked over one or two ways.

How about having Friday's sister brought over with him to this island?
The cannibals are going to eat her, too.
Then the cannibals run to their canoes when they hear the gun, just the same as in the book.