"Does Kum-gum Li know anything about him," asked Olivia.
"No. He came with a letter of introduction from a mandarin----"
"Lo-Keong?"
"No. That is not the name--let me see--the Mandarin, Hop Sing----"
"Ah," said Forge, who was listening, "Lo-Keong's rival."
"I never knew that. But Kum-gum Li gave Tung-yu a place as extra clerk when he received the letter. He knows nothing more than what the letter explained."
"And what did it explain?" asked Forge with sudden interest.
"I can't tell you," replied Chris coldly, "I am not in the confidence of my employer, and if I were," he added fixing an indignant eye on the sardonic face of the doctor, "I should say nothing."
"Quite right," replied Forge not at all disconcerted, "you keep out of these Chinese affairs. There's danger in them."
"Connected with the fan?" demanded Olivia.