The South Gate

So the adventurer wakes – if not with confusion, with an unfocussed feeling of optimism. After his ablutions, while filling his pockets with provisions for what the day may demand, he first finds the queen of spades, then discovers that there is writing on it, in small, neat letters that do not seem to go with the group of the night before. It says:
“The South Gate at midday. Please do not let me down”.
He puts it back in his pocket, together with the things the old woman gave him.