Compared to the disaster areas of Chichi and Puli in central Taiwan, the areas that were relatively unaffected by the earthquake can be said to have encountered a strong karmic retribution but got away with little harm.

How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!

The shipwrecked group travelled by junk next day to Pingtan Island and four days later sailed to Hongkong.

Nor could Pym fail to notice that his old friend in rendering account of himself assumed the familiar meekness of the displaced person in the presence of his betters.