The letter states that some settlement is ruled by an extraordinary man, who is a living proof of the Bachelor's hypothesis. Dankovskiy is filled with hope! He sees an omen in this unexpected letter. Without spending a single day in idleness, he sets out on his journey.
Look around. Some houses are always open for you. Some open for everyone only under special circumstances... if someone dies, or there's a wedding or something. Some are only open to those, who know a way in.
The elders demonise it, but I don't think it there is nothing special about it but the superstitions connected with it and its wild spicy odour. Yes, it is narcotic, but the banal wormwood or the leaf henbane cause more interesting hallucinations.
She often sees prophetic dreams, and thus such things don't surprise her - she knows, they are sent by the one, wishing to warn of the fate, the fate that awaits her. Much in these dreams turns out to be true. Yes, she is striving to do good!