Eleanor leaned in closer and lowered her voice. "Aiyah, these people aren't just everyday rich with a few hundred million. They are China rich! We're talking billions and billions.

You're right, it's all going to be perfection," Kitty said, gazing out the window as the workmen began rehanging The Palace of Eighteen Perfections on her drawing-room wall.

I guess you probably won't be drinking the Johnnie Walker Black Label I brought for you," Corinna remarked."I honor your gesture, but I only drink reverse-osmosis water these days, " Bernard said."I honor your gesture?" My God, look what happens to Hong Kong men when they move to California, Corinna thought in horror.

I don't think you truly realize what it means for the gates of Tyersall Park to be closed to you forever."Nick laughed. "Jacqueline, you sound like some character out of a Trollope novel!

Bernard has no money. He only gets about ten million a year to live on," Carol confirmed.