Summary

Book Four: Chapters 19-23

Chapter 19

Three nights later Marlowe and the King wait for Shagata. The Korean is late, and there has been no word from him. Marlowe winces in pain as he shifts his left arm. Two days earlier, during a work detail, a tree stump had fallen on his arm. Dr. Kennedy bandaged the arm and said it was just a flesh wound, but it has become increasingly painful. Max pops his head into the hut and says that Lt. Grey is prowling the camp. The King tells Marlowe that Grey knows something is up because he has an informer in the American Hut; the King knows who it is, but doesn’t tell Marlowe. Timsen sends word that the owner of the diamond is nervous, the whole area is crawling with MPs, and they either need to get...