Chapter 34
Summary
- The first horse race is happening in 5 days
- May-May is not feeling well and stays in bed
- Struan wears a new green suit for the races
- May-May advises Struan to bet on the fourth horse in the fourth race
- Struan goes to the horse racing track and bets on the fourth horse in the fourth race, which wins
- Gordon Chen and a Chinese doctor named Kee Fa Tan visit May-May
- The doctor diagnoses May-May's illness and tells Gordon Chen something in a whisper
- Gordon Chen is shocked by what the doctor says
- The doctor tells Struan that May-May is pregnant and should not be upset or overexert herself
- Struan is excited and happy about the news of May-May's pregnancy
- Jeff Cooper asks Shevaun Tillman to marry him
- Shevaun is upset because she believes Cooper wants to marry her for her father's business
- Cooper reassures Shevaun that he loves her and wants to marry her for her, not for her father's business
- Shevaun asks Struan for help, but Struan tells her that legally there is nothing he can do
- Morley Skinner visits Struan at night and asks him for an exclusive interview about the opium trade
- Struan agrees to the interview on the condition that Skinner publishes it as dictated
- Struan dictates the interview, which includes a statement condemning the opium trade
- Struan receives a visit from Morley Skinner, who advises him to support the conservative party in Britain and exploit the weakness of Sir Robert Peel
- Skinner suggests that Struan should make a deal with him in order to have favorable coverage in his newspaper
- Struan agrees to consider the offer and invites Skinner to dinner
- During the meal, Skinner discusses the loss of Longstaff and suggests that Struan should support the opium trade
- Struan agrees to support the opium trade and makes a deal with Skinner for favorable coverage in his newspaper