The Fox Wife

Snow and her mistress get their paperwork ready for their boat ride to Japan. Snow learns that her mistress’s name is Tagtaa in Mongolian. She inscribes her own name as “Snow” instead of “Ah San.” Bohai and the others decide to visit a friend in Moji before moving on to Yokohama. They take a steamer, the Shinanomaru, from Port Arthur. Snow struggles with seasickness, and Shiro invites her back to his cabin. They order room service, and Snow confronts Shiro about the mysterious deaths in Dalian. Deflecting, Shiro reveals that Bohai and the others are looking to become revolutionaries in Japan to overthrow the Dowager Empress. He makes a deal with Snow: If she gets close to Chen and convinces him not to defect from this ambition, he will deliver Bektu to her in Moji.

Ah Yan tells Bao that Jiang died during a hunting trip, killed by his own hunting knife. Since nothing was stolen, bandits were ruled out. Ah Yan believes that she might have caused his death by telling the strange woman about him. Bao reassures her and asks for her sister’s name, which she confirms is Feng. Bao journeys home, and as he thinks about the meaning of the girls’ names, he is reminded of Tagtaa.