Summary

Philip returned home. As he did, he realized that it was Uncle Lim, his driver, who had been his grandfather’s source of inside information. Back home, Philip met Lim’s daughter who had just gotten in from China. She relayed all the events of the Japanese invasion there. Later, Philip went to Endo-san’s island only to find that he had disappeared entirely. There were photos left on the floor and hung up. There was also a note saying that Endo-san had gone to the east-coast and for Philip to keep training.

The new school term began and Philip’s family was still off on holiday in England. So, Philip was in charge of maintaining the correspondences and invitations. He denied many of them, but an invitation from the Cross family came in and Philip could not refuse an invitation from...