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When Prendick starts to talk of its suffering, Moreau becomes annoyed and cuts him short. First, he solicits a concession from Prendick that the thing he saw in the enclosure was indeed the puma (he made Prendick see the creature up close upon returning). Prendick sits alone with Moreau, who explains the happenings on his island. But never before did I see an animal trying to think." Prendick finally agrees to come with them to talk, and Moreau responds with characteristic condescension: "you have wasted the best part of my day with your confounded panic." As they set out for the enclosure, Prendick makes the following observation about the Beast Men: "They may once have been animals. Prendick mentions the "man" he saw n the enclosure, but Moreau explains that it was the puma. He also tells him that they did not intend for the Beast Men to join the pursuit and that he had tried to pull them off the scent for Prendick's own good. He points out that if he had meant any harm toward Prendick, he had had many opportunities to do so already, and he reminds Prendick that he had opposed Prendick's presence on the island from the beginning. Prendick scoffs, but Moreau suddenly offers to throw his and Montgomery's revolvers down and allow him to hold them while they explain. Prendick continues addressing the Beast Men, however, telling them that Moreau and Montgomery are vulnerable and can be killed.Īs Prendick's breath fails him, Moreau takes the opportunity to tell him that the creatures are in fact animals that he has vivisected to look like men. He calls to the Beast Men, inciting them to revolt against their masters, but Moreau and Montgomery drown him out with shouting.

Prendick voices his suspicions that the Beast Men were once proper men.

Moreau calmly asks him why he should think he was in any danger from them.

Montgomery frantically asks him what he is doing, to which Prendick states firmly that he would rather die than be "tortured by you." It then occurs to him that he should try to make his way to the enclosure, find a weapon of some kind, and exact "a price for life." As he heads westward, suddenly the Beast Men, Moreau, and Montgomery burst out of the trees, prompting Prendick to wade straight out into the water.

He stands at the edge of the water facing the jungle.