... They had long outpaced the gentle attentions of Mikál's fellow creatures, and all the organising since had been Lymond's with Archie to assist, riding ahead to obtain food and fresh horses and provender. Thy dared not to take guides.
Because of the searchers at Gallipoli they could not take ship there either. In any case, in that season the large trading-ships with their holds full of passengers were rarely found in these parts, and Lymond wouldn't trust to a small vessel, driven by weather to frequent and perhaps dangerous anchorages; easily overtaken by a single powerful galley. ...