Stoella shook her head, "No captain, I'm sorry if I misspoke.  Both women are traveling by carriage.  They are together."<br/><br/>She sets one hand on the wheel that would allow control of the Virtuous Maiden and continued, "As to the other, I'm above deck because I thought you'd want to get underway first.  I was going to take the ship out of dock.  But if you'd prefer I can always go below decks while you do that."<br/><br/>She smiled and added, "You know I'd hate to disobey that kind of an order."