Lackersteen, the local manager of a timber firm, Mr. He goes inside the four-room club, which has a pool table, a library full of mildewed books, a card-room, and a lounge. Westfield, the District Superintendent of Police.
It is fairly dull and excessively hot.įlory considers going to see the doctor first but remembers the English newspapers come in today. This one is even more notable for never admitting an "Oriental.” The town is typical for Upper Burma, with four thousand people, seven of whom were European. The club he is walking towards is like all English clubs in India – "the spiritual citadel, the real seat of the British power, the Nirvana for which native officials and millionaires pine in vain" (17). The most notable thing about him is the dark birthmark on one side of his face, which makes him very self-conscious. He is thirty-five, with dark hair and a haggard complexion. U Po Kyin says the doctor stands in his way and will not take bribes.įlory leaves his house for the club. Ma Kin, a "simple, old-fashioned woman" (15) who is her husband's confidante, wonders why he wants to take down the doctor, especially as he needs no more money. He is proud of his tremendous girth and eats copiously, remembering how thin he was when he was unsuccessful. Later U Po Kyin's wife, Ma Kin, serves him food. Veraswami loves the Europeans, but U Po Kyin laughs that Europeans need no proof of truth to change their minds. The only thing that will turn them against him is nationalism, propaganda, and sedition. It has to be a slow, meticulous attack, and the goal is to make the Europeans think the doctor is a villain. Veraswami, the Civil Surgeon and Superintendent of the jail. It is part of U Po Kyin's plan to ruin Dr. Macgregor, making insinuations about him. U Po Kyin gloats in glee over a newspaper article in the tiny rag paper, the Rangoon Gazette.
Ko Ba Sein, the head clerk of the Deputy Commissioner's office, is admitted. His servant, Ba Taik, tells him there are several people waiting to see him. He lies and schemes now but plans to devote his later years to good works so he can return to earth after death in human male shape rather than something ignominious like a rat or frog. He reflects on his successful ascent up the professional ladder he never makes a misstep because he judges men correctly and cares too much for intrigue to ever lapse in power. He is smug, massively fat, tan, and smooth.
U Po Kyin, a Burmese Subdivisional Magistrate, sits on his veranda in Kyauktada.
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