Chinatown:
Helena grew angry by how rude the passersby acted. Lane started looking for the school by asking Westerners walking by about a Chinese Girls’ School. Most people walked by without answering, and those who did respond didn’t know. After Lane failed, Sigmund, on the other hand, asked the first Chinese person, and they rattled off something Helena didn’t understand, but they pointed in the correct direction. Helena watched the two former soldiers, Lane bowing to Sigmund and motioning for him to take the point. It required two more inquiries, and they stood at the head of the very dark alley.
Not wide enough for a wagon, Helena followed Sigmund down the narrow gap between structures, colorful laundry hanging over their heads, like flags of celebration. No more than forty paces int
