 Miriam gained access to it via taking a New Britain locket off one of the hidden assassins who attacked her at the end of "The Family Trade".There, she ships gold – tightly regulated under mercantilist beliefs that the government requires a large supply of bullion – and allies with the Levellers, dissidents from the Royal government who demand something like the rights secured in the American Revolution in Miriam's world.Erasmus Burgeson, a Leveller quartermaster and pawnshop owner, helps set Miriam up with false identity papers, and Miriam moves on to her next money-making plan.