The Remittance Woman

Anthony Campbell, a stern patriarch steeped in Victorian propriety, threatens to exile his prodigal daughter Marie to the far‑flung reaches of China as a chastisement for her prodigious lavishness. Rather than recoil, Marie greets the prospect with a mischievous spark, for her paramour, the enterprising George Holt, is poised to embark on a commercial expedition to the Orient. Upon arrival in the bustling ports of Shanghai, the couple is greeted by Liu Po‑Yat, Marie’s diminutive Chinese maid, who bestows upon Marie a porcelain vase, a talisman meant to shield her from unseen perils. Unbeknownst to them, the delicate artifact is a long‑lost relic pilfered from the Manchu imperial treasury centuries prior. Its resurfacing triggers a relentless pursuit by a shadowy cadre of imperial descendants, thrusting Marie and George into a labyrinth of intrigue, betrayal, and mortal danger. The narrative crescendos as the lovers are condemned to death, only for Marie to jolt awake from the nightmare, resolve to bind George to a vow: their honeymoon shall be forever excluded from the Chinese horizon.