[AsteamshiporiginatingfromSanFranciscohasjustdockedontheSouthPacificislandofTutuilaattheportofPagoPago,wheresomeUSMarinesarestationed.AmongthepassengersisSadieThompson,forwhoPagoPagoisonlyatransitstopinthatsheisonherwaytoApiaonthenearbyislandofUpolu,wheresheistostartworkforthesteamshipcompanyitself.Circumstance...]