Part 2, Chapter 3

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌⁠At dinner Peter met the notables. It seemed the fat and handsome captain had taken a fancy to him. And it was as Peter had deduced earlier. These passengers were stodgy Dutchmen, each with a little world of his own, and forming the sole orbit of that little world. For the most part they were plantation owners escaping the seasonal heat for the cool breezes of a vacation in Japan, boastful of their