Bernard is killed instantly but Rose is put in a coma,finally coming to after Kate,rather than Dr. Mason with her bad eyesight,has removed the bullet from her. However she is paralyzed from the waist down. Dorothy learns that Rose was betrayed and suspicion falls on Christina because she has extra food - actually given her by Yamauchi as he has an upset stomach. Christina appears before the disciplinary committee but is found not guilty,after which Marion discovers that it was Lilian who betrayed Rose in exchange for money from Hasan to buy food for Bobby.

Bobby is ostracized by the other children whilst some of the internees attack Lilian for betraying Rose with the result that the mother and son are transferred to another camp for their own protection. Christina,however,finds it hard to accept the other prisoners' apologies for suspecting her. Rose finally learns Bernard's fate and sinks into a depression,asking Dr. Mason to kill her. The doctor refuses,knowing that Rose is dying anyway but when,next day she announces to the others that Rose passed away peacefully in the night it is suggested that she may have helped her on her way

Cheered by news of an allied advance the women celebrate with sake brewed by Blanche whilst Shinya,about to leave for battle,confesses to Dorothy that he shot Rose.She forgives him. He also tells her that the Red Cross parcels,evidence of which Christina has seen,have been deliberately withheld to make the women pay for their contents. Verna admits this but claims that Hasan ordered it. However before the prisoners can expose Hasan she and Shinya are killed and Daisy and Sato injured when an allied plane drops a bomb on the camp. The internees seize the chance to raid the store room for the Red Cross parcels,defying Yamauchi.