Chapter 45
Contains spoilers
Summary
- Longstaff distressed and believing his career is ruined
- Longstaff angry with a nearby island, believing it is the cause of his problems
- Longstaff visited by two groups of people with conflicting requests
- Struan suggests Longstaff present evidence against Cunnington to be successful in his career
- Struan discusses sending Shevaun to America for a year and possibility of partnership with Cooper and Tillman
- Struan worried about potential danger from Brock and Mauss and mentions a possible solution of death
- Struan leaves to meet with Shen
- Struan visits a brothel and confronts the owner about the death of a prostitute brought there by Gorth
- Struan confronts Aristoteles Quance, who is sleeping in the brothel
- Quance creates a portrait of Struan's mother, with whom he was once in love
- Struan discusses the value of art and the importance of being true to oneself with Quance
- Quance desires to leave Hong Kong and travel to America with Struan's help
- Struan gives Quance the money he needs to leave, but severs their relationship
- Struan realizes he is falling in love with May-May