King Rat Chapter Summary & Analysis | Part 4, Chapters 23-26

Part 4, Chapters 23-26 Summary

Chapter 23 opens with a huge amount of money on the table but Yoshima wanting to examining water bottles and, finding no wireless,wondering why his information is inexact and confiscating every water bottle in camp. When the guards leave, Brough searches the King while Grey searches Marlowe, both in vain. Grey renews his threat to catch them and Brough promises to throw the book at them if he does. To quiet Grey, Brough orders the King to stop black-marketing and defines that this means selling anything for profit. Alone with the King, Brough scoops up a "contribution." Marlowe, McCoy, and Larkin worry about their bottles. The King is still awake when Timsen arrives, showing the $10,000, collecting what he is owed, crowing about the danger that the King is in, and paying the King for the rat legs. The next day there are multiple searches. At nightfall, McCoy pulls up...
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