Three groups in one afternoon, none of them crossed.
We stayed until they left. The next morning's arrival was offered and refused.
The office wanted the afternoon as proof, not as a story with a happy ending.
The office is a desk on Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu, a short walk from the landing. The people who call are the landing, the potters, and families who want the hour someone waited. We do not stage a crossing. If the wind stops the boat, we stay with the people who stayed. The other bank is in the frame only when the boat actually goes.