Part 3, Chapters 12, 13 and 14 Summary

"The Employment of Secret Agents"

Pao and Brown meet at a local bar, the two men confronting each other with their knowledge of each other and coming to an arrangement to keep each others' activities quiet. Meanwhile, Fay's unhappiness leads Pao to buy her a ring, taking it to her at her parents' place after she again flees Matthews Lane. When he discovers that Fay has gone out with her sister Daphne in order to, according to the maid Ethyl, celebrate Fay's pregnancy, a stunned Pao accepts the drinks Ethyl offers him, meeting the tired Henry Wong when he comes home and accepting his apology for Fay being so spoiled (see "Quotes," p. 75). The next day, Pao and Fay argue, with Fay throwing the ring away and revealing that she knows about his criminal activities and his relationship with...