Chapter 49

Summary

• A strong north wind is blowing and causing a storm in Queenstown
• People in the town prepare for the storm by closing windows and doors and moving to more solid buildings
• Some ships are anchored in the harbor to weather the storm
• Struan and his family take shelter in an abandoned building of the Noble House
• Culum and Tess take shelter in the residence of the port captain
• Glessing is upset about an article criticizing the port of Hong Kong
• Glessing believes that Hong Kong must be kept at any cost and that the British fleet is safe there
• Tess and Culum visit Struan and Glessing and offer to share tea with them
• Tess is wearing a necklace with precious stones given to her by Culum, which contains twenty sovereigns from Brock.