The word of a Chinaman; he had given it, so he must abide.

There was now no honest way of warning Taber that the net had been drawn.

Of course, it was ridiculous, this inclination to assist the fugitive, based as it was upon an intangible university idea.

And yet, mulling it over, he began to understand why the white man was so powerful in the world: he was taught loyalty and fair play in his schools, and he carried this spirit the world which his forebears had conquered.
Suddenly Ah Cum laughed aloud.

He, a Chinaman, troubling himself over Occidental ideas! With his hands in his sleeves, he proceeded on his way.
* * * * * Ruth and the doctor returned to the hotel at four.