Chapters 19-20 Summary

For hours, Webb/Bourne passes the time by re-cleaning d'Anjou's gun. Being with d'Anjou jogs painful but somehow comforting memories in him. When the Frenchman fails to return home by 5 PM, Webb/Bourne contemplates how to learn more about taipan who Webb/Bourne believes will kill Marie on a single phone call from Macau. Footsteps put Webb/Bourne on the defensive, and he nearly kills d'Anjou before the Frenchman identifies himself. They don Kowloon police uniforms d'Anjou has obtained to help them penetrate security at the airport, where contacts say false-Bourne plans to carry out the single, spectacular kill that will cement his legend for "utter invincibility." The target is the Crown governor, who is scheduled to fly in from Beijing with PRC negotiators. Both governments want media coverage. Webb/Bourne sees how this act, avenging the Vice-Chairman's murder, could start...