There are four poets on the ferry as well: Yusuf Ziya, Faruk Nafiz, Vâlâ Nureddin, and Nâzım Hikmet... As they approach the Maiden's Tower, the fear in Nâzım's heart grows as well. Because, during the years of occupation, the Maiden's Tower was used as a guard post by British soldiers to control the ships passing through the Bosphorus. The ferry stops its engines when it reaches the Maiden's Tower. However, although the resistance fighters lying on top of the cotton bales try to appear as calm as possible, their hearts are beating like a high-speed engine.
The search at the Maiden's Tower is done perfunctorily, and permission to pass is given to the ferry. Nazım takes a deep breath as he looks at the Maiden's Tower, which gradually shrinks as the ferry makes its way through the occupied ships anchored in the Bosphorus. The name of the ferry that carried Nâzım Hikmet to Anatolia on the first day of the new year was "Yeni Dünya"... And, if asked, Nâzım's fake identity to show the British soldiers read: egg merchant!