Tai-Pan
“I’ve done all I can, he thought.Before he could open the door it was flung wide with a flourish. Lo Chum, the majordomo of the servants of The Noble House in Macao, beamed at him toothlessly.He was a tiny old man with a face like ancient ivory and a pixie smile, and he had been in Struan’s service ever since Struan could afford a servant. He wore a neat white smock, black trousers and rope sandals.“Hallo-ah, Tai-Pan. Bath ready, brekfass ready, clotheses ready, wat for Tai-Pan wantshee, can? Ne...ver mind.”“Heya, Lo Chum.” Struan never ceased being wonderstruck at the rapidity with which news traveled. He knew that if, as soon as he had come ashore, he had run the length of the jetty and had gone directly to the mansion, the door would still have been flung open and Lo Chum would have been there as he was now.“Bath, clotheses can,” Struan said.“Compradore Chen Sheng been have gone. Say come back nine clock, can?”“Can,” Struan replied wearily.Lo Chum closed the door and scuttled ahead of Struan up the marble staircase and opened the door of the master bedroom.MoreLess
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