The sailor looked taken aback, then bowed quickly.
"Forgive me, my lady," he said hurriedly. "I did not
know that you had already boarded!" He glanced around anxiously.
"Oliver! You did not tell me the lady had already boarded the
ship!"
"She hasn't!" a young male voice shouted back. "Lady
wasn't at the port, remember?"
"Lady is right here!"
"... Lady Josephine," you say, trying to act dignified.
"Do I know you?"