'I trade ducat shares, which have one-tenth the value of proper V.O.C. shares and are far more liquid. I hold them – or options – only long enough to eke out a small profit. You will need to skate about forty miles that way, your grace,' Eliza said, pointing northeast, 'and make connections with Amsterdam moneylenders. There are great men there, princes of the market, who've accumulated stacks of V.O.C. stock, and who will lend money out against it. But as you cannot put the Tower of London in your pocket and set it on the table as security for the loan, you'll need something else.'