“My friend! I am glad to inform you that, although it turned out to be very difficult to get tickets for a ship to Demmer at this time, and, as some said, completely impossible, I still coped with this task, and no later than this evening I will be moving aboard the Lady. The Lady is a merchant vessel, and usually sails (that's what they say about ships, "goes," although they, of course, sail) from Back Rock to Sammis and back, mostly carrying carpets and other embroidery. But this year they lost almost all their cargo, having stumbled upon pirates, and were heavily in debt, and therefore undertook to deliver a cargo of oats and barley straight to the glorious Demmer..."