“I’ll see you around,” I said, and left. I patted the piece of jade in my pocket once, for luck, as I left the building. I hailed a cab and directed it to Frank Burney’s office.
Burney wasn’t in, but Linda was. She had the report ready for me. I told her I’d try to call her later, took it, and left. I found another taxi and went back to the hotel. This time I made sure the door was locked before I poured a drink and settled down to look at the report.
Hsu Chin Kwang was certainly a colorful character. He’d started out as a river pirate, then graduated to head of a large bandit group on the mainland. Eventually, he made a deal with the head of the Nationalist government and was forgiven all his crimes and permitted to leave. That was when he had moved to Hong Kong. It was believed, but ne
