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In Lost Laysen, Mitchell explores the dynamics of three male characters and their relationship to the only female character, " Courtenay Ross ", a strong-willed American missionary to the South Pacific island of " Laysen ".

The narrator of the tale is " Billy Duncan ", " a rough, hardened soldier of fortune ", who is frequently involved in fights that leave him near death.

Courtenay quickly observes Duncan's hard-muscled body as he works shirtless aboard a ship called " Caliban ".

Courtenay's suitor is " Douglas Steele ", an athletic man who apparently believes Courtenay is helpless without him.

He follows Courtenay to Laysen to protect her from perceived foreign savages.

The third male character is the rich, powerful yet villainous " Juan Mardo ".

He leers at Courtenay and makes rude comments of a sexual nature, in Japanese nonetheless.

Mardo provokes Duncan and Steele, and each feels he must defend Courtenay's honor.

Ultimately Courtenay defends her own honor rather than submit to shame.