At the beginning of Chapter five, The Professor is awakened by a queerly-dressed gentleman who is kneeling over him. The Professor has a nasty sunburn, and the strange gentleman, Mr. F., offers him a suit similar to his own. It turns out The Professor is now on Krakatoa, an island that he had thought to be uninhabited. Mr. F is glad to hear this belief and tells The Professor that the residents of the island...
At the beginning of Chapter five, The Professor is awakened by a queerly-dressed gentleman who is kneeling over him. The Professor has a nasty sunburn, and the strange gentleman, Mr. F., offers him a suit similar to his own. It turns out The Professor is now on Krakatoa, an island that he had thought to be uninhabited. Mr. F is glad to hear this belief and tells The Professor that the residents of the island intentionally surrounded their beautiful city with plant growth and underbrush in order to give the illusion to passing ships that nobody lives on the island.
The two men travel to the volcano, which, as it turns out, contains a large number of diamond mines. Mr. F. reveals that he was sent with a handgun to ensure that The Professor landed on the island, and now that The Professor has seen the secrets of the diamond mines, he is no longer allowed to leave. Mr. F. continues to tell The Professor about the island, claiming that the diamonds are so valuable that they are essentially worthless, and if they were to be sold abroad, the entire diamond market would crash due to the sheer volume of diamonds.
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