The compradore paid the insurance to cargo until it was stored in the taipan's godown, where it became his responsibility. 买办要付货物保险，直到货物被存放在大班的仓库里，才变成大班的责任。
The old-fashioned taipan luxuriated in his ignorance of the Chinese language and of everything that was connected with China. 老一代的大班不懂中文与其他关于中国的事，依然奢侈逍遥地生活。
