For the convenience of the reader I will recapitulate the incidents of those days in as exact a manner as possible. 
I will reiterate what happened for the benefit of the reader.
I don't care about the reader, this is my story.
A group of people are talking to each other.
The town was land-locked and ways away from any body of water.
Saffron is only grown extensively in Spain and Kashmir.
The mall has specialty stores in it.
The women are sleeping.
Frank Sinatra was not always a star.