Moelia informs his father, revealed to be Hasan, of the eruptions, and the older man comes to his son's home. There he meets Retna Sari and her mother. They discover that Retna Sari's mother is Soerijati, explaining the familial resemblance. She reveals that she had been found and raised by Noesa Brama's father; she also tells of a statue of Vishnu in a cave atop Mount Ciwalirang with the inscription At the time when I am damaged, the land and all your descendants will be destroyed, cursed by Rakata's anger, damage to which the priests believe caused the Krakatoa eruption. Unknown to them, Noesa Brama - enraged at the thought of his daughter marrying a commoner - has deliberately destroyed this statue by throwing it down a well, causing the eruption which stopped the fugitives.