Lawrence woke up late in the day. He looked at where the sun was in the sky and silently cursed himself. It was quite rare for him to oversleep and he really wished that he had not done so today. 

Even so he simply stretched the reins on his kart and had the horses moving quickly-it was only a matter of a few minutes before he arrived to where the other merchants had congregated. Reigning in the horses, he addressed them as a group, "Hello one and all", he called-waving politely as he dismounted. He then apologized as he walked up to them, "Sorry I'm late. Did I miss anything?" he really hoped he hadn't, because even with seemingly honest merchants, sometimes it seemed that even they would keep secrets from one another if they thought it would benefit them.