▁Sol ent ▁to ▁lay ▁up ▁his ▁y acht . ▁He ▁has ▁heard ▁a ▁speech ▁in ▁Parliament ▁from ▁Charles ▁Lam an cha , ▁a ▁form id able ▁or ator . ▁Lam an cha ▁has ▁mentioned ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁Hann ay ' s ▁old ▁friends , ▁Lomb ard , ▁whom ▁Hann ay ▁had ▁long ▁forgotten ▁about . ▁By ▁pure ▁coinc idence ▁Hann ay ' s ▁train ▁carriage ▁mate ▁turns ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁Lomb ard ▁himself . ▁Following ▁promises ▁to ▁meet ▁later , ▁Lomb ard ▁dis emb arks . ▁After wards ▁Hann ay ' s ▁son , ▁Peter ▁John , ▁receives ▁a ▁v ile - temper ed ▁she - h awk ▁from ▁Arch ie ▁Ro yl ance , ▁which ▁he ▁christ ens ▁Mor ag . ▁Hann ay ▁takes ▁Peter ▁John ▁shooting ▁on ▁the ▁Han ham ▁Fl ats ▁in ▁East ▁Ang lia . ▁There ▁they ▁meet ▁a ▁strange ▁man ▁who ▁is ▁behav ing ▁as ▁if ▁he ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁run ▁from ▁something ▁or ▁someone . ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁his ▁name ▁is ▁Smith , ▁but ▁Hann ay ▁thinks ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁Northern ▁European . ▁Hann ay ▁then ▁meets ▁Cl an roy den , ▁who ▁reve als ▁a ▁Chinese ▁j ade ▁table t ▁and ▁tells ▁Hann ay ▁about ▁old ▁Har ald sen . ▁Hann ay ▁respond s ▁with ▁his ▁own ▁tale ▁about ▁Har ald sen , ▁also ▁involving ▁Lomb ard ▁and ▁Peter ▁P ien aar ▁in ▁Rh odes ia , ▁which ▁introduced ▁the ▁villa ins ▁Er ick ▁Al bin us , ▁a ▁Dan ish ▁American , ▁and