" Has the Shanghai Express gone?" " No, madam." "I want a ticket to Shanghai, first class." "35 dollars and 25 cents, madam." " ls there a dining car this time?" " Yes, everything but a Turkish bath." "Hm!" "Shanghai, first class, please." " What you got in that basket, missus?" " A little lunch from my niece." " No animals in there?" " l hope not!" "Good morning, sir." "Porter!" "Come in here." "Excuse me, sir." " Yes, sir?" " l wont share with this woman." " Change it tonight." " Change me now." "I havent lived here for ten years not to know a woman like that." "Take my luggage out of here." " Here you are, Harvey." " Thanks very much." " Youre in for a good time." " Why?" "Do you know whos on this train?" "Shanghai Lily." " Whos Shanghai Lily?" " Don´tt say you´vve never heard of her." "Shes a notorious coaster." "What in the name of Confucius is a coaster?" "Youre hopeless. lt´ss a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast." "News boy!" "Here, wait a bit." "This magazine says August 15th 1927." " Yes, madam." " But its four years old." "Latest number, madam." "is this 1931 or am I out of my mind?" "Madame, je regrette que je ne vous comprends pas." "Je ne parle pas anglais." "Parlez-vous français?" "Parlez-vous français?" "She oughta keep it for her history and get an education." "Here we are, boy." "Youll be as glad to be at home as I will." "We know what year it is, don´tt we?" "Be a good boy and dont make a noise or they´lll put you in the baggage car." "There you are, my lad." "All clear till you meet number two outside Tientsin." "iii have the law on you if you harm a bone in his head." "Hes got to have his biscuits twice a day, and nothing but boiled water!" "Dont worry, Waffles, I´lll look after you." "All aboard!" "All aboard!" "Well, were off on time." "Say, partner, do you ever make a bet?" "My names Sam Salt." "I bet on everything going right or wrong." "iii bet this old rattler don´tt get into Shanghai on time." "Sir, let me remind you that China is in a state of civil war and we will be fortunate if we arrive in Shanghai at all." "Nice stone you have there." "Theres a mate to it." "Very pretty." " Cest chaud ici, monsieur, n´eest-ce pas?" " Yes, it is a little stuffy in here, isn´tt it?" "Sir, I am an invalid, I must not travel in a compartment with open windows." "Well be in here for three days." "is there anything I can do for you?" "I can take care of myself, thank you." "I think ill get a little air, if you don´tt mind." "iii close the door for you, too." "Even money we dont get away for an hour." "Can you tell me whats wrong now?" "Youre in China now, sir, where time and life have no value." "I know lm in China." "Magdalen." "Well, Doctor, I havent seen you in a long time." "You havent changed at all, Doctor." "Well, youve changed a lot, Magdalen." "Have I, Doc?" "Do you mind me calling you Doc?" "Or must I be... more respectful?" "You never were respectful and you always did call me Doc." "I didnt think I´dd ever run into you again." "Have you thought of me much, Doc?" "Lets see." "Exactly how long has it been?" "Five years and four weeks." "Well, for five years and four weeks ive thought of nothing else." "You were always polite, Doc." "You havent changed a bit." "You have, Magdalen." "Youve changed a lot." "Have I lost my looks?" "No, youre more beautiful than ever." " How have I changed?" " l wish I could describe it." "Well, Doc, ive changed my name." " Married?" " No." "It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily." "So youre Shanghai Lily." "The notorious white flower of China." "You heard of me." "And you always believed what you heard." "And I still do." "You see, I havent changed at all." "It was nice to see you again, Magdalen." "Oh, I dont know." "I heard your gramophone, ladies, and thought ld come and get acquainted." "Come in." "Its a bit lonely on a train." "I´mm used to having people around." "They put my dog in the baggage car." "Thats why I dropped in on you." "lve been visiting my niece in Peking, she married a seafarer." "Hes been away four years and she ain´tt been cheerful." "I have a boarding house in Shanghai." "Yorkshire pudding is my speciality." "I only take the most respectable people." "Dont you find respectable people terribly... dull?" "Are you joking?" "I only know the most respectable people." "I keep a boarding house." "What kind of a house did you say?" "A boarding house." "Ooh." "lm sure you´rre very respectable, madam." "I must confess, I dont quite know the standard of respectability that you demand in your boarding house, Mrs Haggerty." "I have made a terrible mistake." "Id better look after me dog." " l beg your pardon." " l beg yours!" "They shouldnt allow such women on a train." "Whats wrong with them, Parson?" "I imagine the honourable divine objects to their morals." "I thought they were pretty good-looking." "At least, Shanghai Lily is." "You mean to say that Shanghai Lily is on this train?" " Hot water, sir." " its about time." "Being a married man, I only know her by sight and reputation." "But lll lay you 100-1 in any currency that the lady in the next compartment is Shanghai Lily." " Shanghai Lily." " ls it a bet?" "I told you once before, sir, no thank you." "I dont bet." "iii bet you whatever you use for money that those two dames are not going to have an easy time on this train." " Good evening." " Good evening." " Shall we be in Tientsin soon?" " About 11 tonight." "Getting off there?" "I wish I were." "Unfortunately, I have to proceed to Shanghai." "Why unfortunately?" "I suppose every train carries its cargo of sin but this train is burdened with more than its share." " Sir, you seem distressed." " My names Carmichael, doctor of divinity in the service of mankind." "Whom have I the honour of addressing?" "My name is Donald Harvey, doctor of medicine in the service of His Majesty." "Charming to make your acquaintance." "Dr Harvey, I want to put you on your guard." "On my guard?" "Why, whats wrong?" "One is yellow, the other is white, but both their souls are rotten." "You interest me, Mr Carmichael." "lm not exactly irreligious but... being a physician I sometimes wonder how a man like you can locate a soul and, having located it, diagnose its condition as rotten." "Thats heathen talk, Doctor." "Any man with half an eye could see that those women are on this train in search of victims." "Very grave charge. I dont know the Chinese woman but the other lady..." "Confound it, thats Shanghai Lily." "lve been attending a man who went out of his mind after spending every penny on her." "And thats not all." "She´ss wrecked a dozen men up and down China." "Youre mistaken." "She´ss a friend of mine." "If I were in your boots, I wouldnt brag about it." "Dinner is served." "Well, lm ready." "I was hoping that you would take us into dinner." "You seem upset, Doctor." "No, not at all." "This is Captain Harvey." "Miss Hui Fei." " lm glad to meet you, Captain Harvey." " lt´ss a great pleasure." " Good evening, folks." " Good evening." "Time to put on the nosebag." "iii wait for you in the diner." " Bon appétit, mademoiselle." " Merci." " Bon appétit, monsieur." " Thank you, Major." " Et bonsoir." " Good evening, Major." "Youre very cruel." "I reserve the privilege of choosing my friends." "Shes no friend of mine." "I was only trying to be decent." " Professional courtesy?" " Call it what you like." " New, isnt it?" " Yes." " Bravery?" " Of sorts." "Thats new too, isn´tt it?" "Yes." "Its very becoming." "Merci, monsieur." "Attendez un moment." " Désirez-vous vous asseoir, madame?" " Merci, monsieur." "Dont let those sardines get away, Major." "Très bien, mon vieux." "Pardon me, please." "lm sorry." " Good evening." " Coming into dinner, Captain?" "Yes, of course." "After you, sir." "Shut off those fans. lm an invalid." "If those fans are shut off, the rest of us will be invalids soon." " Can we sit here?" " Je vous en prie." " Sit down, Major." " Thank you." "Thank you." "What did he say?" "He said we should get our passports and go outside." "What do they want our passports for?" "They are government troops, they want us outside." "I wont get off." "We´lll all be killed." "The conductor promised me there wouldnt be any trouble." "Dont get me excited. I´mm trying to figure the odds of getting out alive." "Its an outrage. I´mm going to finish my dinner." "Mr Carmichael, I think you should consider your dinner unimportant." "Arrêtez ça avant quon ait fini de dîner." "I shall complain to my consul." "They cant do this to me." "I shouldnt get off, night air´ss bad for me." "Dont be silly, Mr Baum, we´rre in a civil war - spy scares and firing squads." "I am a German citizen." "I have nothing to fear." "Ich bin ein deutscher Bürger." "iii take this off." "They´rre after somebody and they´vve got nothing on me." "Où est-ce quil est encore?" "J´aai assez de m´ooccuper de moi." "I dont know what you´rre saying, brother, but don´tt say it again." "There you are, my boy." "All aboard!" "A lot of fuss for one man." "Wonder why they arrested him." "Probably a revolutionary spy trying to get back to his own lines." " What do you want?" " its a long journey, and a lonely one." " Your compartment is made up, sir." " Vous êtes un bon garçon." "Bonne nuit, monsieur." "Dormez bien." "Someday that sardine inspectors going to go too far." "Pardon me." "Pardon me!" "Verdammtes ausländisches Gesindel." "What did he say to you?" "Something hell probably have occasion to regret." "I cant make head or tail out of you, Mr Chang." "Are you Chinese, or are you white, or what are you?" "My mother was Chinese, my father was white." "You look more like a white man." "lm not proud of my white blood." " Youre not, are you?" " No, I´mm not." " Rather be a Chinaman?" " Yes." "What future is there?" "Youre born, eat some rice, and you die." "What a country!" "Lets have a drink." "Do you want to be alone, Doctor?" "No, its quite all right." "I was just going to turn in anyway." "Dont let me detain you." "I thought it was quite early." " What time is it?" " 9:30." "You still have the watch I gave you, Donald." "I was afraid youd notice it." " l had long hair then." " l remember quite well." "Do you expect to stay in Shanghai a while?" "I think so." "Then we ought to see a lot of each other." "Perhaps." "What have you been doing since I saw you last?" "Mostly service routine." "Couple of years in India after our smash-up." "I went back to England, then I was assigned to an expedition in Manchuria." "Sounds as if you have been rather lonesome, Doc." "I wasnt lonesome." "It was an active life full of excitement." "I suppose you mean women." "It was difficult to find someone to take your place." "Did you try very hard?" "Not particularly." "I didnt want to be hurt again." "Always a bit selfish, Doc, thinking of your own hurt." "I cant accept your reproach." "I was the only one hurt." "You left me without a word purely because I indulged in a womans trick to make you... jealous." "I wanted to be certain that you loved me." "Instead, I lost you." "I suffered quite a bit." "And I probably deserved it." "I was a fool to let you go out of my life." "I wish you could tell me thered been no other men." "I wish I could, Doc." "But five years in China is a long time." "I wish I had em back." "What would you have done with them?" "Theres a scheme of things." "Sooner or later we would have parted anyway." " We might never have met again." " We wouldnt have parted." "Wed have gone back to England, married and been happy." "There are a lot of things I wouldnt have done if I had those five years again." "Theres only one thing I wouldn´tt have done." "What, for instance?" "I wouldnt have bobbed my hair." "Good night, Donald." " From one of your lovers?" " No." " l wish I could believe you." " Dont you?" "Will you never learn to believe without proof?" "I believe you, Magdalen." "When I needed your faith, you withheld it." "And now, when I dont need it and don´tt deserve it, you give it to me." "Waffles?" "Waffles?" "Waffles?" "Waffles!" "Waffles!" "Waffles!" "Everybody is to get dressed." "You are to be taken from the train at the station." "Please leave all your luggage behind." "This way, please." " This way, please." " Quite a reception." "Me?" "Yes, follow me upstairs." "Everybody told me there wasnt the slightest danger." "Looks like the finish." " lll give anybody 10-1 we don´tt get out alive." " You´rre wrong." "Theyre rebel troops but they won´tt harm us." "Say, wheres Mr Chang?" "Cest vrai, il n´eest pas là." "I wouldnt be surprised if he had something to do with this." "There must be something serious or they wouldnt have stopped this train." "There is nothing behind it but robbery." "They wont get one penny out of me." "Mr Sam Salt." "Its Mr Chang, all dressed up in a soldier´ss uniform." "I know what he wants me for." "And I told him a Chinaman had no future." "Do you mean to say Mr Chang is responsible for this outrage?" "He is, the scoundrel." "Such impudence, asking me if I had any wealthy friends." "I knew they were holding us for ransom." "I thought his face seemed familiar." "The government has offered 20,000 for his capture alive or dead." "It will be a great day for China when that price is paid." "Mr Eric Baum." "Hes the head man, all right." "Its bad for my heart to climb these stairs up." "Verdammte Treppe!" "lm an invalid." "Did he get the jewels, Mr Salt?" "Oh, what a shame." "He didnt take them after all." " He got the phoney ones." " Phony?" "These are phony, too." "The real ones are in the safe in Shanghai." "I suppose theyre imitation also." "You dont want to make a bet on that, do you?" " l never bet with gamblers." " l didnt think you did." "What is your business, Mr Baum?" "lve a coal mine near Calcutta." "A bankrupt coal mine." "You have no coal mine." "According to papers found in your luggage, you deal in opium and have shipped 12,000 pounds of it into China in the last year." "You are wrong. I deal only in coal." "I dont traffic in forbidden merchandise." "Do you know that a Chinaman dealing in opium is penalised by death?" "You cant shoot me. I´lll pay a fine." "I can explain everything." "Here." "Here, here!" "I am not punishing you for dealing in opium but for your insolence to me on the train." "Whats the matter, has he fainted?" " They branded him." " Branded him?" " lll get oil from the train." " l need my bag." "He shouldnt have made this journey." "Major Lenard." "Quest-ce qu´iil y a?" "Je ne comprends rien." " Does anyone understand French?" " Yes, I do." " Come up here with him, please." " Alors, il faut que je monte là haut?" "You took the very words out of my mouth, brother." "Let me see your passports." "Sit down." "How long have you been in the French army?" "20 years. 20 years, mademoiselle." "Your passport says nothing about your military rank." "Je ne comprends pas." "ll dit que votre passeport ne mentionne pas que voue êtes dans larmée." "Jai demissionné." "Then why does he wear that uniform?" "Pourquoi portez-vous luniforme?" "Je vais voir ma soeur." "Si elle se doutait que jai été chassé de l´aarmée ce serait pour elle un tel chagrin..." "Hes going to visit his sister and he doesn´tt want her to know about his disgrace." " You may go." " Merci, monsieur." " Merci, mademoiselle." " Merci de quoi?" "Have you any wealthy or influential friends?" "No, I have no friends at all." "Why are you going to Shanghai?" "I want to buy a new hat." "I warn you, this is a very serious matter." " Where will you live in Shanghai?" " Grand Hotel." "How can you afford to live at such an expensive hotel?" " How long were you in Peiping?" " Eight weeks." " And before that?" " ln Shanghai." " How long were you there?" " Just between trains." "I make the trip quite often." "How long have you been in China?" "About eight years." "Parents living?" "They have forgotten me. its just as well." " Of course, youre not married?" " No." "All I managed was to become engaged." "Will you please come with me?" " Youre not going to go upstairs, are you?" " l most certainly am." "Captain Harvey, tell him that the world will be informed of this outrage." "Mr Carmichael, I shall do my very best to convey that to him." "Captain Harvey, may I see your passport?" "Who are you?" "lm a British officer and I demand to know by what right youre treating us in this outrageous manner." "lm the commander in chief of the revolution." "The prisoner who was removed from the Shanghai Express was my right hand - an important officer in my army." "Your army - a collection of unprincipled bandits." "The Chinese government will wipe you out." "Perhaps you would like to aid them in collecting the price on my head." "Suppose you first tell me what youre after." "lm looking for a hostage to force the government to return my officer." "Now will you kindly let me see your passport?" "Why are you going to Shanghai?" "lve been ordered to perform an operation immediately upon my arrival." "Who are you going to operate on?" "lm not at liberty to reveal that information." "What is the matter with His Excellency, the Governor General of Shanghai?" "As you doubtlessly also can read from the paper you pilfered from my bag, hemiplegia." "A medical term known to the layman as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain." "Well, it seems I have been fortunate to find a hostage important enough to ensure the return of my officer." "Surely you will have no objection if I wire the British embassy?" "What if my importance is insufficient to force the Chinese government to make this exchange?" "That emergency would be unfortunate for you all." "I cant hold this village over 12 hours." "I hope you wont be too angry with me if I ensure the safety of your honourable person?" "Not at all." "What did he say?" "We are to go back to the train and stay there." "Big bully." "Yes?" "Repeat that again, please." "Yes." " The Shanghai Express has been held up." " Shanghai Express?" "Theyre holding Captain Harvey as hostage." "The surgeon." "What do they want, money?" "I wish it were as simple as that." "Excuse me." "I must get through to the Chinese government at once." "I hope youve been comfortable." "What do you intend to do with us?" "I took the liberty of presuming that youd join me for tea." "I hope you dont mind if I prefer to go back to the train." "About two days journey from here into the interior, I have a palace waiting to be graced by your presence." "Could I persuade you to accept my hospitality until such time as you should grow weary of me?" "lm weary of you now." "I had no reason to believe my invitation would give offence to Shanghai Lily." "Shanghai Lily has reformed." "You dont mean to say that the eloquence of Dr Carmichael has worked this miracle?" "Or is Captain Harvey to be credited with this extraordinary change?" " Maybe." " Come, dont be a fool." "iii make it worth your while." "Dont touch me." "Captain Harvey, if I were you, ld mind my own business." "Exactly what I intend to do." "You are very fortunate in having Captain Harvey for a protector, as I have promised to return him alive." "You shouldnt have." "I could have taken care of myself." "It was coming to him. I wish ld had my gun." "You shouldnt have been so hasty." "Leave that woman alone." "Let me go." "Cant you do something about this?" "All I can do is to suggest that you get down on your knees and pray." "I think youre right, if God is still on speaking terms with me." "God remains on speaking terms with everybody." "Well, there he is." "The gent that caused all the trouble, still in his black nightshirt." "Good morning." "Well, here we are." "You are a sight for sore eyes." "When are we leaving?" " ls Captain Harvey on board?" " No, hes still up visiting with Mr Chang." "Well, lll see what´ss keeping him." " lve orders not to proceed without him." " There´ss a man after my own heart." " What did he say?" " Well have to cool our heels." "They wont let me go upstairs to find out." "Dont do anything foolish." " When are we leaving?" " l wish I knew." "As soon as Captain Harvey comes down." "If hes up there, he may never come down." "Why are you still holding Captain Harvey?" "The train is waiting for him." "is that your only interest?" "What difference would it make whether I said yes or no?" "Why try to conceal that youre madly in love with him?" "lm not trying to conceal anything." "He means everything in the world to me." "I love him." "As you want to know, I love him madly." "Your affections are aroused rather swiftly." "You just met the man." "Thats not true. I´vve known him for years." "Youll have a chance to prove your love for him." "Youre not going to punish him for helping me last night?" "I certainly am." "He knew what he was doing." "And I know what lm going to do." "You cant hold that against him." "lm not concerned with your ideas of justice." "I live by my own code." "What do you intend to do?" "Dont dare harm him." "You promised to return him." "I didnt say in what condition." "If you wait here a few minutes, you can lead him out, blind." "Youre insane." "He´ss a British officer." "The Chinese government will have your head." "The Chinese government would have had my head long ago if it hadnt been such a good head." "You cant mean what you are saying." "You only wish to frighten me." "Please dont torture me." "I know it was wrong for him to interfere." "Send someone you can trust with me to Shanghai. lll pay you to let him go now." "What could you pay me with?" "I have some jewels, worth 40 or 50 thousand, and I guess I can obtain that much more." "Thats not enough." "iii get more. I´lll earn more, somehow." "ltll be enough." "Please let him go." "All the money in the world cant wipe out his insult to me." "You only had my interest before." "Now you have my admiration." "I could love a woman like you." "You made me an offer to leave with you." "Does it still hold good?" "I wouldnt trust you from here to the door." "What assurance have I you wont trick me?" "I give you my word of honour." "A man is a fool to trust any woman." "But I believe a word of honour would mean something to you." "Captain Harvey, it seems that they are waiting for you." "I hope the journey wont be too lonely." "And that the Governor General of Shanghai will be benefited by your skill." "Thank you, Mr Chang." "I hope some day to have the pleasure of demonstrating my skill upon you." "Captain Harvey, lm Albright, Division Superintendent." "The train is ready." "Well have steam up in five minutes." "All right. ls everybody on board?" "Everybody except a Chinese girl and a woman called Shanghai Lily hereabouts." " Where are they?" " l dont know about the girl but Shanghai Lilys up there." " When did she go up?" " Just a few minutes ago." "I expect shell be down presently." " l guess he wants us to go in the train." " Well, why doesnt he say so?" " Whose luggage are you unloading?" " Miss Lilys bags." "Officer´ss orders, sir." "Officers orders, eh?" "lm going up to find out about this." "Get the train ready to leave." "Oh dear, well never get out of here alive." "I dont know. lt just looks like Shanghai Lily was taking a side trip." "Why did you order the luggage of one of our passengers off the train?" "Youre not referring to Shanghai Lily?" "I am." "Why are you detaining her?" "lm not detaining her." "She´ss decided to come with me in preference to continuing the journey with you, Captain Harvey." "Thats a preposterous statement." "You´rre lying." "Well, lm sorry to contradict you." "Your friend seems inclined to doubt me." "Tell him youre going with me of your own free will so that he can peacefully take his departure before I become too annoyed with him." "You better go, Donald." "I decided to accept his offer." "Well, I wish you both a very pleasant journey." "Well, thats that." "iii only be another minute." "Wake them up a bit." "Were ready to go, sir." "Are we waiting for the two women?" "Yes, I think were ready to go." " All aboard." " All aboard!" "All aboard!" "Youd better get her out of here." "lve just killed Chang." "Have you got a gun?" "If theres gonna be any shooting, I´mm gonna get under cover." " Magdalen!" " Donald!" " Come on, our trains waiting." " Why don´tt you go?" "Go on, I tell you." "Your friend Chang is dead." "Come on." "Get this train out of here double time." "Put that luggage on board." " Thank you, Donald." " ld have done it for anybody." "Boy, how about straightening up this stable?" "I didnt believe I´dd ever see this train again." "Two days more." "What time is it, anyway?" "I dont know. I´lll find out for you, if you wish." "Wheres your watch?" "I probably lost it in the station, together with a few ideals." "I dont think I´lll go back for it." "After all, it´ss only a watch." "I cant replace your ideals but ill buy you another watch when we get to Shanghai." "Dont bother. I´mm rather glad I lost it." "I dont know if I ought to be grateful to you or not." "Its of no consequence. I didn´tt do it for you." "Death cancel his debt to me." "There." "Thatll keep you for a while." "Bonsoir madame, monsieur." " Good evening." " Vous me permettez de me joindre à vous?" "iii be glad when I get to Shanghai." "So will I." " Hows the invalid, Doctor?" " He´lll be all right in a few weeks." "More than I can say for myself." "If you opened me up, youd find my nerves tangled up like Chinese noodles." "This journey hasnt done any of us any good." "Except that Chinese dame." "Shes 20,000 to the good for settling the hash of the honourable Mr Chang." "I wish ld taken a crack at him first." "How about you, Major?" "Je regrette, monsieur, mais je ne comprends pas un seul mot que vous dites." "Its a lucky thing for him that you are here." "I wont feel right till I get back to my boarding house." " Good evening." " Bonsoir, monsieur." "lve never been so shocked in my life." "The Chinese girl deserves all shes getting." "But as for the other lady, well, lm not gonna say anything." "Of all the brazen creatures, playing the gramophone." "Shes the most terrible woman I´vve ever met." "I dont see how she can look us in the eye." "Going off with the Mr Chang after the way he treated us." "Bad enough before he held up the train but after he tortured Mr Baum... I think youre doing the woman an injustice." "I dont know why she behaved that way but I´mm sure there´ss more to this than we see." "Mr Carmichael, when I made your acquaintance yesterday, you volunteered an amazingly correct diagnosis of Shanghai Lily and I see no reason for you to have changed it." "Look here, I happen to know she prayed all night for your safety." "Id give anything to believe that but I heard from her own lips she was leaving with Chang." " Thats rubbish." " l wish it were." "Defending that dame. lm liberal, but I wouldnt back his viewpoint for all the rice in China." "Neither would I." "Id like to talk to you alone." "I dont wish to talk to anybody." "lm sorry to have to insist but I must talk to you." "If youre thinking of reforming me, you might as well save yourself the trouble." "I am not trying to reform anybody right now." "I want to settle something thats been puzzling me." "Why did you decide to leave with that barbarian who was killed by her?" "What makes you want to know?" "Curiosity?" "You prayed last night." "This morning, you were to shamelessly leave with Chang." "A human being cant do two things like that within six hours." "Although its nobody´ss affair but mine, I might tell you if you promise not to repeat it." "Of course I wont repeat it." "I came to find out for myself." "He was going to deprive Captain Harvey of his eyesight." "I had no other choice." "Does Captain Harvey know that?" " Does he act as if he did?" " He certainly does not." "Despite giving you my word, lm going to tell him this." "Youre not going to do anything of the kind." "Mr Carmichael, it may seem odd for me to use your language but its purely a question of faith." "You see, once upon a time, we loved each other." "We parted and I threw my life away because I didnt care to bargain for love with words." "I havent changed since then and neither has he." "Youre still in love with him, aren´tt you?" " Yes." " ls he still in love with you?" " l doubt it." " Youre right." "Love without faith, like religion without faith, doesnt amount to very much." "I dont suppose I can help you." "No." "Did you find out what kind of a woman she is?" "Enough to realise that shes worth a dozen of you." "lve no exaggerated idea of my own value but what did she say to make you so emphatic on that point?" "She made me promise not to tell anyone, particularly you, but theres no restriction to my saying that you´rre a profound fool." "Be that as it may, you evidently place a great deal of faith in what Shanghai Lily says." "You men of science regard me and my kind as meddlesome fanatics but ld rather have one grain of my faith than all your scientific disbelief." "You havent a cigarette, have you, Doc?" "You appear to be nervous." "Sleep would do you more good." "What makes you think lm nervous?" "One thing, your hands are trembling." "Thats because you touched me, Doc." "lve been wanting to talk you." "Mr Carmichael tells me you prayed for me last night." "I cant quite reconcile that with what followed." "If you did pray for me, which I doubt, do you mind telling me why?" "I would have done that for anybody, Doc." "Good night." "Good old Shanghai, never thought ld see you again." " Oh, que je suis contente de te voir!" " Je suis content, moi aussi." "Did you kill him with a knife or a revolver?" "is your home in Peking or is it Shanghai?" "Killed him with a knife, didnt you?" " Welcome to Shanghai." " Thank you very much." "Good morning." "How are you?" "Very kind of you to come down here." "Goodbye." "How do you do?" "Au revoir, monsieur." "Au revoir, madame." "Goodbye." "Pleased to meet you." "Goodbye." "Right outside." "Goodbye." "Glad to have made your acquaintance." "Likewise." "Goodbye." " Goodbye, Mrs Haggerty." " Goodbye." "Goodbye, Captain Harvey." "I owe you my life and I wont forget it." "Though, between you and me, it isnt worth much." " This is yours?" "iii put it in the car." " Yes." " You wont be long?" " l´lll come now." "Wed have all been in a pickle if you..." " Hello." " Hello, Clarke, how are you?" " We thought youd never turn up." " l always do, like a bad penny." "I hope you pull the governor through." "If you ever want to lay a bet on those gee-gees..." "Goodbye. its nice to have the journey over." "Goodbye, Mr Carmichael." "Good luck." "Come along, Carey." " Au revoir, mademoiselle." " Au revoir, Major." " Madame Rogot, my sister." " Enchantée, mademoiselle." "Mademoiselle a été très bonne pour moi." "Merci, mademoiselle." "ll exaggère, je nai pas fait grand-chose." " Au revoir, mademoiselle." " Au revoir." "All set, Harvey." "All right. lll be along in a minute." "I´vve got to attend to something." "Well wait." "Forgive me for following you a moment ago." "I was afraid of losing you." "I was only buying you another watch." "What good is a watch without you?" "I wish I could replace everything else, too." "Goodbye, Donald." "I wont let you out of my life again." "Everything else has become so unimportant." "I dont care if you were going to leave with him. I don´tt care why." "All I want is another chance for a new start." "iii be different." "You´lll never have any cause for regret." "Please forgive me for my lack of faith." "Please do." "I know ive no right to ask you even to listen to me." "Its very easy to listen to you." "You know I love you." "I always have and I always will." "I dont deserve that. I know I behaved badly." "Perhaps it was my fault." "I should have told you everything." "Theres only one thing I want you to tell me." "Whats that?" "How in the name of Confucius can I kiss you with all these people around?" "But, Donald, theres no one here but you and I." "Besides, many lovers come to railroad stations to kiss without attracting attention."