Part 1, Winding the Clock: Chapter 9, Craw's Little Ship, and Chapter 10, Tea and Sympathy Summary

Craw goes to visit Phoebe Wayfarer, a half-Chinese, half-British journalist. Phoebe works as a gossip reporter, but she is also a spy working with Craw as her handler. Phoebe is paranoid of being discovered as a spy, so Craw spends the first few minutes with her convincing her that she is safe. In reality, Phoebe's usefulness is nearly gone, but he does not want to let her know that because he knows how important spying is to her. In fact, tonight Craw has specific information he needs to know from her. Craw takes Phoebe out to dinner and allows her to talk about all the society people she reports on both for the Circus and her newspaper. When Phoebe...