A Smile of Fortune is located on a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, on which the narrator, captain docked; ship suppliers are supposedly brothers who have not talked to each other for 18 years. One of the brothers, Ernest, is an assimilated citizen.
He owes a lot of money, has parties, has taste and manners, and is trusted. Another, Arthur, is an outcast, not because of his race or profession, although he was forced to make aggressive deals by beating his brother for incoming captains in order to get food and equipment contracts earlier than his brother
