About the book: year / After spending several days with her mother in Peachyard, Emerald went to Greymere Palace to return to her duties. Old Wilf, his mother's coachman, was unfamiliar with the city, and therefore he was constantly confused in the labyrinth of narrow streets. So they drove into a dirty alley, where there was barely enough space for the horses, and the coachman himself tried to hit his head on the protruding balconies hanging over the road. Street boys made fun of the rich, and hawkers let the carriage pass, showering the passengers with curses. The passenger pulled back the shutter on the roof of the carriage.