The titles is key to this complex interaction between two men bent on making a profit from tea.  *British Occupied Chelm*.  An empire built, for a time at least, on tea. Harold and Germaine are playing a power game.  The corruption that drives the game is manifest.  Neither has clean hands.  You use the prompt well here, not only as a device, but also as a symbol of empire and corrupt power.

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