Despite the heat of such activity, there was a chill in the room as the smoky breath from all of us condensed overhead in a fog amid the old gray timbers of the quayside warehouse. There was a good deal of wagering going on, with both English pounds and Chinese taels changing hands quickly. ![]() On either side of me, they were arguing with one another, chanting in unison, or beating the wooden floor with their rope-soled shoes. I was the lone occidental in a room full of Chinamen, and all of them were talking at once. ![]() Series: Barker and Llewelyn The Limehouse Text W ThomasĮast is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.
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