Chapter 28

Summary

• Struan and Culum discuss the fever outbreak in Queenstown and the possibility of evacuating
• Struan has not heard from May-May in a week and is worried about her
• Struan and Culum discuss Culum's desire to marry Tess, and Struan advises Culum to wait if necessary
• Culum confides in Struan about the 20 gold coins Brock threw at him, and Struan advises Culum to be careful about whom he trusts
• Struan, Brock, and Longstaff discuss the possibility of evacuating Queenstown due to the fever outbreak
• Struan sees Mauss talking to a Chinese man and overhears the man saying the fever is caused by bad air in the valley, which Struan does not believe
• Struan sees Tess and her mother and sister walking towards the town and tells Tess that Culum loves her and will wait for her
• Struan decides to go to the Valle Feliz to check on May-May.