02 - Going Aboard

T was a quarter to mid-day. Matthew Lovelace and his wife I and children were once again back upon the waterfront, but this time they were not the only Pilgrims. There were many other families dressed just as they. Men with wide-brimmed, tall black hats and their wives in white. The Pilgrims were gathering to go aboard the Speedwell and the Mayflower. A strident voice rang out 'Prepare to embark. Prepare to embark.'