He had heard rumors that certain Shanghai merchants were planning to establish their own mill either in Ch’ung-ming or Hai-men.

Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke

There are pillars of smoke twisted about wreaths of flame.

The Dawn contains two problems for its male protagonists: namely, Ireland's fight against the British forces, the RIC, and the Tans, and the patriotic commitment of the Malone family's sons.