Chapter 9 Summary

The China Cloud arrives safely in Hong Kong. Ah Gip had died from the injuries she sustained in the attack by the crew. They return her to her parents in Macao and now have her younger sister Ah-Sam as a servant. Dirk has the bullion on board the ship and doesn't trust anyone with the amount of money involved. England is at war again with China over the incident at the settlement.

Robb and Culum arrive at the ship. Dirk finds out that the land sale has been delayed. He takes them into the hold and shows them the bullion. He tells them about the incident with Brock and says that it is their private business and not to be reported to Longstaff. Culum is very impressed with his father's handling of the situation. He had watched everybody gloating about the end of...