The pilots and their wives move into a big house in Nanking near the Sorrowfree Lake. Wen Fu tells Winnie not to settle in; they will be leaving soon. Winnie withdraws four hundred yuan by telegram from the bank in Shanghai and sends instructions to Wen Fu's sister about how to get the money to her. She urges her to be quick as they will soon be "Taonan," in great danger. The sister sends the money to Wen Fu instead. He uses it to buy a dead pilot's car, which he wrecks.
Winnie and Hulan walk into town where Winnie chooses this time to send Peanut a telegram about how to get her money to her. While they shop in the market, Japanese planes fly over. Panic breaks out and they are almost crushed.....
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