In Hong Kong, Prentice Carr sat silently watching his bookkeeper gather the company ledgers to leave. It had been an interesting session, and Carr was pleased. His accumulated wealth had grown tenfold with the help of Calvin Reese and that devil, Na. The cargo taken from the pirated ships now put him in position to order two steam cargo ships which he did not intend to buy.
When he finally destroyed Banister"s last ship, Banister would lose his contract. He wouldn"t be able to take possession of his nearly completed steamships, and Banister would lose his security deposit. Carr would then make an offer to the shipbuilder to buy the ships at a reduced price. Banister would never recover from this.
The bookkeeper, clutching the ledgers to his narrow chest, turned and spoke to Carr. “I feel
