to do him wanton rites, which cost them woe

The whole gang does this nationwide, said Mason. That's our kopapa and we want to help, but there are a lot of us out there and not everyone's angels.

In the latter year, the viceroy issued a proclamation denouncing opium smoking, and ordering the rigorous enforcement of the laws; from now on ships began to trade in opium along the coast to the east and north. Soon storeships were stationed at Namoa, on the border between Kwangtung and Fukien, and elsewhere farther north, to serve as depots of supplies for the brigs and schooners which formed the connecting link with Lintin.

Oh crap! The other driver's going to hit my car!