I would be utterly honorless if I failed to mention the person who helped Ms. K and myself with our travel to friendly territory. And I would be dishonest to say that without her help, we might not have made the trip as safely and quickly as we did.
Without the help of Ms. M (short for Emma, I later found), the trip would not have been nearly as pleasurable either.
(Ooops, did I just out an agent?)